Speaking of migrations, the toads’ annual pool party at my pond in West Danby
is in full swing, a good 2 - 3 weeks ahead of schedule. (Over the past 14 years
I’ve come to expect their gathering to occur in the very last days of April /
the first week of May)
For years the local Crows harvested
almost a confirmed breeder!!!
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Pair of crows building a nest in big silver maple right
Pair of crows building a nest in big silver maple right next to my house. I
think they started 2 days ago. Have had several busy periods in that time. I
hope they stick with it.
I need to plant some tiny tree seedlings under the drip line of that tree. Hope
it won't disturb them too much.
Speaking of Crows, I was out in my driveway at 10:30 last night, when a distant
bunch of Crows began doing something that sounded like mobbing. I couldn’t
remember ever hearing them make such a ruckus at night. I thought of Great
Horned Owls, and tree climbers like raccoons or fishers. The
Active nest building by at least two families. (Salem area). All reports
appreciated!
Anne and the Crowers.
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Dozens of crows perched atop sumac branches eating berries near Wal-Mart
yesterday.
Bill E
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We offer food year round to a small group of 3-5 Crows in our yard. We’ve
actually been missing them recently. The lack of snow following hunting season
made for easy access to discarded deer carcasses and parts (common in our
neighborhood), as we several times observed. Even though we have a
We haven't had any so far this year, but some years small flocks -
usually between 3 and 8 - they swoop in and entertain us when the snow
is deep. At least one figured out how to land on edge of our hopper
feeder - s/he had to fly in carefully from the side, ducking under the
overhang, just
And deep snowy. They can deal with cold if they can reach the ground to
forage. Bet the thousands that have been foraging nearer Syracuse and Auburn
are finding it VERY challenging.
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> On Jan 21, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Rachel wrote:
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> Crows (4 to 12 at a time, who knows if
I always have our local crow families at or below my feeders, since I purposely
scatter seeds on ground, too, & especially under sheltering bushes.
A lot of birds prefer feeding on ground or deck floor, probably cause it is
more natural to them.
Of course this means I feed a lot of squirrels
I have been having the same experience...downtown feeders on the street,
usually populated with House Sparrows and not much else the birds are
HUGEBlue Jays, Starlings, a Robin, fighting for seed.
Delightful to watch.
Jae
On Monday, January 21, 2019, 9:40:53 AM
Crows (4 to 12 at a time, who knows if they are the same birds, with more in
the trees) have ascended upon my bird feeders, eating spilled seed on the
ground. I've never had crows as a feeder bird before, although we have many
around our grain farm. Pretty impressive; they look huge next to the
American Toads began returning to my pond two nights ago for their annual
breeding event. Their night singing is really delightful (if you care for that
sort of thing), but they do run the risk of daytime predation as they cross the
grassy dike. The predators are American Crows. The toads were
Three Crows, regulars at my feeding station, are resting quietly on their usual
perches in an ash tree. They’re about 30 feet up, and the scene looks just like
any other winter day, except that an adult Cooper’s Hawk is perched about ten
feet below them. Been there for 15 minutes!
The Crows
HI Everyone,
I hope this isn’t overuse of the List to ask for help:our banded crow
population in and around Ithaca is suffering from the WNV plague—again, and
strongly. We are losing tagged and untagged-but-known family members. Since
birds also travel to forage at this time of year, we
Between 300 and 400 Crows (a scene from "The Birds") landed on our field
next to Rte 89 (the Boulevard ) about 15 minutes ago and they are still
there. They walk thru the grass, last mowed in July, searching for some
succulent prey. There is no snow on the field so they have the whole place
to
Flew into the area bounded by Plain, Center an North Titus abt 4:45,
rested and moved on - many still there.
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Concerted attacks (vs a couple of young crows harrassing vultures) is unusual!
But we are now very interested in where roosts are actually occuring! Our
studies of roosts and Nitrogen cycling are ongoing.
You are right, the “Migrants” did arrive…about 10 days ago. The roost in
Auburn went
I mentioned seeing my first of season ‘big’ crow assemblage at the CBC meeting
last week, of about 100 American Crows doing small wheelies in a large group
swirling over my house (I first thought it was gulls, in fact).
Over the last week, I’ve seen similar numbers streaming over at dusk,
I read that crow nestlings were returned to their nest. What I'd like to know
is, how do the parents respond to this? Do they seem to know you are helping
them, since they are such smart birds? Or do they see it as an invasion and
attack the person returning the babes. Does it vary depending
We also have a pond with many (100) breeding American toads, and we've
noticed crows lurking about, though we haven't actually observed predation.
One possible reason for the crows' preference for the liver is that the
parotid glands and skin of the toad produce bufotoxin, which may be
poisonous,
Very interesting. But I'm sad about the toad slaughter. I'm glad I've
never noticed this in person!
I guess the toad populations are able to survive this seasonal
devastation. Great White Sharks take advantage of seal breeding season
in the same way. I think the sharks eat the whole seal
I guess it's an element of local Crow culture, maybe even limited to particular
families who have toad ponds within their territories and pass the trick down
the generations.
-Geo Kloppel
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Very interesting. But I'm sad about
Hi Ben,
I just saw the same thing a moment ago, except the Raven was flying _toward_
the L-P preserve (that is, leaving the nest area on a foraging mission), and
very tightly harassed by a Crow, all the way down to the WD Fire Station area.
Might even have been a member of the Crow family
Hello,
I went for a nice walk this morning at Lindsay-Parsons Biodiversity
Preserve. Phoebes are back, Great Blue Herons are standing on nests near
the fire station (looked like seven occupied nests), fox sparrows and
golden-crowned kinglets were around, and a smattering of migrants passed
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A pair of Crows was gathering nest material on the bank outside my kitchen
window this morning.
Plenty of other Crows around, of course, but one that I saw
A pair of Crows was gathering nest material on the bank outside my kitchen
window this morning.
Plenty of other Crows around, of course, but one that I saw downtown this
afternoon is notable, because it was chasing a first year Bald Eagle over
the Unitarian Church.
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A pair of Crows was gathering nest material on the bank outside my kitchen
window this morning.
Plenty of other Crows around, of course, but one that I saw downtown this
afternoon is worth noting, because it was chasing a first year Bald
Eagle over the Unitarian Church.
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Most interesting to watch as 3 crows kept trying to get a bag containing French fries other food items from the small trash bin at the front entrance to Wendy's today. Each would grab the bag try to pull it from the partially enclosed bin. Occasionally one would shake loose a French fry leave
Britt Rd, off Blackrock rd. , north of Ledyard Rd. corn stubble field full of
many A CROWS MALLARDS. 100s. Flying Hanging out together.
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We appear to have a crow family in our yard--two young that mew begging for
food. While watching them, I think I saw an adult snag a vole and then eat
it. It did not share with a young. A little while later I saw the same
adult with a small (maybe 6 inch) snake in its beak. Ultimately, this was
Crows will try to catch, kill and eat small vertebrates that they come across.
Yes indeed, they are hunting all the time when they are foraging on the
ground,in the sense that they are searching for live food like beetles, larvae
(beetle or otherwise), earthworms and also, when they encounter
Toads are converging on my pond for their annual get together, which seems to
correspond closely with the arrival of Whip-poor-wills in the Cayuga basin. And
the Crows are beginning to collect the annual toll of toad-flesh for the
privilege of crossing the dike. From the remains, it seems
What I assume are two of our Yard crows have been working on a nest for about a
week. It's approx. 60-70 feet up in a white pine and I can see parts of the
nest from our kitchen. Earlier today, one carried a mouthful of twigs to the
site, then repeated this. They took a break for a couple
Not too early...Kevin found a crow on Yellow Barn road incubating this past
weekend and there are crows building all over Cayuga Heights. The family at the
end of Sapsucker Woods Rd and Hanshaw is probably nearing completion of their
nest. The peak of many years for starting incubation is
I observed the murder of crows on Sunday evening. It was stunning. I would
like to know more about why they gather in such large groups. Are they on
the move or are they local? Can anyone help me understand?
Thanks.
Sue Rakow
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These groups are winter roosts, and they are nothing new in crow life.
Despite what urban residents sometimes think, crows didn't start gathering when
we set out cities for them to use. Roosting in groups at any time of year may
offer safety in numbers from night predators, such as Great
This is very helpful information! Thank you so much for the complete
picture. I am learning so much from being on this list serve. I am very
grateful!
Sue Rakow
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These groups are winter roosts, and they are nothing new in
-l] Crows on South Hill
This is very helpful information! Thank you so much for the complete picture.
I am learning so much from being on this list serve. I am very grateful!
Sue Rakow
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Sue, thanks for enjoying the list and for being so eager to learn. All of
us who admire, respect and enjoy crows are trying to retire the collective
noun of murder as it can either imply that crows are evil or that they
should be murdered. Another term could be Congress of crows (which in this
MUSTER .
Would that be only used among us locals?
Jae
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Sue, thanks for enjoying the list and for being so eager to learn. All of us
who admire, respect and enjoy crows are trying to retire the collective noun
of
No according to ask.com it's an actual alternative. Spread it far and wide.
Linda
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MUSTER .
Would that be only used among us locals?
Jae
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Sue, thanks for enjoying the list and for being so eager to learn. All of us
who admire, respect and enjoy crows are trying to retire the collective noun of
murder as it can either imply that crows are evil or that they should
Rakow sue.ra...@gmail.com
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Sue, thanks for enjoying the list and for being so eager to learn. All
of us who admire, respect and enjoy
Hi all,
http://www.wimp.com/crowtobogganing/
My friend Dave Roman alerted me to the fact that crow sledding
is a popular winter activity in some parts of the world. It made me wonder if
Kevin McGowan had witnessed similar winter sports action in North America.
This morning at 7:20, i counted 100+ crows flying southeast over Hudson St.
on South Hill-- oriented toward Six Mile Creek. Five minutes later there
was another group of about 150 that was flying more or less due east above
the intersection of State St and Mitchell St (lower Collegetown). I was
This sighting is from Tuesday, but since I did not see anyone else mention it,
I thought I would. There were thousands (?) of crows in trees (and more flying
in) just above the traffic circle at old Elmira Rd and Spencer rd at 5 pm on
Tues. I did not stop to watch. They were silhouetted very
HI All,
A very quick comment, although I do not in fact know of any data on how
effective mobbing of owls is in moving them any substantial distance.
Crows are indeed migratory in parts of their range and they do indeed often
join roosts in winter. If they have migrated, they won't be present
I'm thinking more about crows and owls. It's a substitute for actually knowing, so please chime in, Anne, or anyone else who knows better than I do what really goes on.I've been impressed by how much the Great Horned Owls in Renwick have withstood crows' harassment, and that impression flavored my
Don’t know if owls and crows really think like this, but it would be a shame if
they didn’t!! Dave, you should write a book.
Jody Enck
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I
Right--and come mid-April, some person might just pick up a partly eaten,
headless, tagged female crow under her nest and think...it was her first
nest--what a short life, only 5 years, her nestlings gone, too! She could have
had 6 more years at least, or more.
Boredom probably doesn't
So far about 2000 crows have headed towards Robert Purcell. If they went beyond
that I can't see. Now the stream has thinned out a bit (4.19 PM). They came
from beyond Vet school, or may be from dump or from fields around.
By now it is almost over (4.21 PM).
Meena
Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson
Hymes
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A few minutes ago hundreds of crows flew over east hill heading from the
direction of the compost piles to find roosts. It looked as though some headed
towards downtown and others
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I think there are some crows which stick
A few minutes ago hundreds of crows flew over east hill heading from the
direction of the compost piles to find roosts. It looked as though some
headed towards downtown and others headed more towards campus. Kevin,
are crows faithful to a roost, or do they decide on the spur of the
moment
Larry,
North Campus is hosting many crows, what looks to be 1000+ . Most of
them are in the trees by Robert Purcell Community Center, Appel Commons and the
Observatory. I was surprised by them on the Christmas Bird Count as I hadn't
been up there at dusk.
Gary
On Jan 6, 2013, at
I didn't mean to start any battles, I was just relaying the info from the NYS
Hunting Regulations (www.dec.ny.gov). Although I have hunted in the past (not
for a few years), I have never shot a crow and was taught that you always eat
what you kill. I grew up in a single income family of 8 and
2700+ American Crows have come home to roost...literally! I got home around
9:45pm and as soon as I got out of my car I heard a quick burst of
Caw-Caw-Ca-ca Caw then silence.
I looked up and sure enough the crow roost was taking up nearly every tree in
my back, side, and front yard. Then
Andrew, Crows are very social animals. They live in family groups during the breeding season, with a multi-year learning period, and young birds raised the previous year often help their parents to raise their younger siblings. In the non-breeding season crows gather into massive roosting
I happened to be driving to Rochester through Geneva a week ago at dusk, and
there was a huge roost (or pre-roost staging area) of crows gathering in the
park at the north end of Seneca Lake too. Thousands of crows silhouetted in the
trees at sunset. Very cool to watch.
Marie
Marie Read
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Andrew,
Crows are very social animals. They live in family groups during the breeding
season,
with a multi-year learning period, and young birds raised the previous year
often help
their parents to raise their younger siblings
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I have little to add and nothing to correct in Dave' nice summary. Crows
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Large roosts of crows are famous. A few years ago, Auburn, NY, near the upper
reaches of Cayuga
Of *Asher
Hockett
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Large roosts of crows are famous. A few years ago, Auburn, NY, near
the upper reaches of Cayuga Lake, had to resort to drastic (but
non
Large roosts of crows are famous. A few years ago, Auburn, NY, near the
upper reaches of Cayuga Lake, had to resort to drastic (but non-violent)
measures to rid the city of tens of thousands of them. Maybe Ithaca has a
reputation for being more crow friendly. Here we have our own reverse pied
Whilst on my way to work passing through the Summer Hill area, I saw two
crows seemingly predating a paper wasp nest. The nest was in a tree about
30-40 up and about the size of a football. They were tearing it apart.
Although I could not see if they were eating any wasps, it seemed a fair
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