We just had 169 AMER. CROWS in a loose flock, moving directly north to south, over the house. They were silent. The only "caws" came from our 3 perched yard crows. I have an hypothesis (until Kevin shoots it down) that these silent flocks are migrants; the smaller flocks that move over the house from NW to SE probably come from roosting areas near Cornell, generally fly out early in the morning and back later in the afternoon, and often involve much calling back and forth between the flying flock and neighborhood perched birds.
Steve Fast Brooktondale P.S. Early this morning, on our walk, we encountered a flock of 22 noisy BRANT, flying NW! This was just prior to a light rain shower, so the brant were probably heading back toward Cayuga Lake. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
