Marc, Thanks for mentioning Fish Crows. We have a small (<30) population of permanently resident Fish Crows in Ithaca that have been here since the 1960s. They wander a lot, and it can be hard to pin them down at certain times of the year. This is one of those times. They had been regular at the Cornell compost facility on Stevenson Road through the fall, but they have become intermittent out there over the last month.
I was going to mention to the list about looking for Fish Crows as we near the 1 January Ithaca Christmas Count. I don't know where they have been hanging out, and would be hard pressed to find one if asked. In past years the local Fish Crows have often been found in winter in the neighborhoods in the general vicinity of the Science Center. I drove through there the other day and found no crows at all. They will join in the large roosts of American Crows, and can sometimes be heard in the pre-roosts gatherings. Apparently they are doing that in the vicinity of the Cornell and Ithaca Country Club golf courses. I haven't tracked the final location of the current in-town Ithaca roost, but I suspect that is where the Fish Crows spend the night. If anyone is seeing Fish Crows on a regular basis, I would love to hear about it. Best, Kevin From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marc Devokaitis Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:01 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus As I was walking past the A.D. White house this morning (7:30) I stopped to listen to a group of about 25 crows gathered together and talking noisily at the top of a tree (perhaps harrassing, but I couldn't make out a raptor from where I was). Based on the sounds I heard, there were 3 or more Fish Crows in the bunch. I'm new to the area, so I don't know how often they show up around here, but it occurred to me I haven't seen many (if any) reports of them since I moved here in August. Marc Devokaitis -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- ________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2637/5468 - Release Date: 12/18/12 -- 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/ --
