The shoreline bird community of the Pacific Northwest differs from many others in the world because an abundant member is not a waterbird but a crow, the Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus). Crows are known opportunistic feeders, as are gulls, and many crows throughout the world do feed at least occasionally along marine shores (Goodwin 1976). Consequently, the Northwestern Crow should be adapted to occupy a role as a member of the opportunistic beach feeding guild limited often to gulls. A guild is “a group of species that exploit the same class of environmental resources in a similar way” (Root 1967). Three gulls commonly feed in the intertidal areas of Puget Sound: Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens), Mew Gull (L. canus), and Bonaparte’s Gull (L. philadelphia). To compare the role of the crow with the roles of the gulls and to see how the members of this particular guild subdivide the available resources, I compared the feeding behavior of crows and gulls along a Puget Sound beach.