On Jan 26, 2011, at 20:20, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > >> Every night around sunset, it seems that every crow in Minneapolis comes to >> a four-block area near downtown Minneapolis to roost. >> .... >> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMGP7621.jpg > > My God! I didn't look at the image before responding perviously. I've never > seen so many Crows in one location. I remember when I was a kid, they were > hunted. Hunters would put up decoys and use calls, and hundreds would get > killed. But I've never seen or heard of this many at a roost. >
...and this is AFTER about 2/3 of them left after they spotted me about 200ft away! I'm going to keep trying. At 14F degrees last night, my fingers were stiffening up after the first 45 minutes. My wife and daughter run downtown at the Metrodome (RIP) on Tuesday/Thursday nights - I'll keep bringing the camera and we'll see what happens. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
