This is pretty weird. If roosting near lights they do talk after dark like a
slumber party. Like downtown Auburn. But roosts in more natural settings are
quiet in dark. I could only locate them with a receiver and radio tagged
birds. But they don’t fly in the dark well and I would assume that calling was
because of something that disturbed them and scared them up from a roost spot.
Also they aren’t migrating now- at least no evidence but they are moving in
daylight between foraging areas such as newly turned fields.
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> On Oct 26, 2019, at 9:52 PM, David Nicosia wrote:
>
> I had a fire in my burn pit this evening well after sunset in the dark. I
> thought I heard a crow caw in the distance a few times. Then I was certain as
> the bird came pretty close to my house overhead. There was other american
> crows cawing at times too for at least an hour or so between 800 and 900 pm
> well after dark. They were not mobbing anything as they seemed to be flying
> by singly. I couldn't ascertain direction but could they be migrating at
> night? I don't believe I have ever heard a crow at night before. anyone ever
> experience this?
>
> Dave Nicosia
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