For many years I traveled north on 35W about 5:00 PM. On many days
during the winter I would see large flocks of crows flying west between
Lake St and Franklin. I retired in 2001 so now longer made that trip.
Three years ago we moved to a high rise in downtown Minneapolis near the
Convention Center. We look south with a view of I-35W and I-94 and south
Minneapolis. Only a few time have I see any large crow flocks.
Most days we have a small flight of 25-50 crows flying west over our
building at sunrise and flying east in late afternoon.
Manley Olson
On 2/24/2016 6:37 PM, Molly Tuma wrote:
On the east river road trail in Minneapolis, about 1/4 of a mile south from
the Franklin Ave bridge there were 3 common mergansers (2 males, 1 female),
4 mallards and 9 Canada geese in an inlet on the Mississippi. 1/2 mile
north of the Franklin Ave bridge, on the same trail, there were well over
1,000 American crows in the trees on either side of the river and in trees
and on buildings on the U of M campus. I could only see a certain section
of the river, so I would say there were probably more, but there were
between 1,000-1,500 in my immediate surroundings. Sightings between
5:35-5:50 pm on February 24, 2016.
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