jackdaw

or daw

Crowlike black bird (Corvus monedula) with gray nape and pearly eyes. About 13 in. (33 cm) long, jackdaws breed in colonies in treeholes and on cliffs and tall buildings; their flocks fly in formation around the site. Their cry sounds like their name: “chak.” The species ranges from the British Isles to central Asia. Seealso crow, grackle.

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Daw or DAW can refer to the following:

• DAW Books, a publisher of science fiction and fantasy books
• Daw Meskine, a French Imam and Secretary General of the French Council for Imams
• Jackdaw, a black bird related to crows and ravens
• "See Saw Margery Daw," a nursery rhyme
• Digital Audio Workstation - a hardware/software combination for managing the process of creating music digitally.
• Dispense as written - used in the prescription context

Daws can refer to the following:

• Banu Daws, one of the tribes of Arabia during Muhammad's era that where living to the south of Mecca
• Daws Butler, a voice actor famous for portraying Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound
• Daws Heath, a large area of woodland in Eastern Thundersley, a region of Essex in the England
• Daw Penjo, the Permanent Representative (or ambassador) of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations
• Daws Road, Adelaide, major double lane arterial road in the central southern suburbs of Adelaide, Australia
• Gavan Daws, an author of Pacific island history and informational books
• Lenny Daws, an English light-welterwight boxer
• RAF Daws Hill, a Royal Air Force base on the outskirts of High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, England

See also

• Dawe
• Dawes (disambiguation)
• Dawes (crater)