I wonder if the crows that hang around Cheesman Park scatter in smaller groups to roost in the evenings. There are a dozen or so that fly into a big tree near 13th and Steele as the sun sets every day. Could they be a family group? Nan Campbell
Sent from my iPod. On Nov 5, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Jared Del Rosso <[email protected]> wrote: > Over the past week, several dozen crows have been gathering at the Governor's > Mansion in central Denver at dusk, though I haven't confirmed that they roost > there overnight. A small number -- fewer than a dozen -- hang around the > adjacent Governor's Park during the day. On blustery afternoons, a dozen or > so of them will often gather on one of the large apartment buildings east of > Governor's and then launch themselves into the wind. > > Close to 100 often gather at Cheesman Park in the cold months. Now and then, > they decide to close out the day by showing off for each other -- flying, > tumbling, calling wildly -- which is a pretty spectacular event to observe as > the sun sets over the mountains. Even better is when they decide, also at > dusk, to mob the resident Red-tailed Hawk as it flies over the park. Even my > dog stops, cranes his neck, and takes that in. > > It wasn't always like this in my neighborhood. W.H. Bergtold, a physician and > ornithologist who lived near Cheesman Park in the early-1900s, reported one > crow "flying over Eleventh Avenue, and Corona Street" on December 7, 1913 and > another one "seen in Cheesman Park, May 1, 1917." > > - Jared Del Rosso > Denver, CO > > On Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7:20:24 AM UTC-7, Steve wrote: >> >> Hi COBirders, >> Just adding to the thread … >> >> When I taught at Air Academy HS I used to regularly see large flights of >> crows leaving the canyons on the West side of the Academy, heading towards >> town. Usually this was early morning, in the winter months. Never saw a >> roost, but hundreds of crows would fly over some mornings. >> >> Steve Brown >> Colorado Springs > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/625bb451-a8bb-4be7-b3ff-7d6dc86f54bd%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/43F354F9-D5DB-4917-B36D-427DC4ADC4C5%40yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
