2700+ American Crows have come home to roost...literally! I got home around
9:45pm and as soon as I got out of my car I heard a quick burst of
"Caw-Caw-Ca-ca Caw" then silence.
I looked up and sure enough the crow roost was taking up nearly every tree in
my back, side, and front yard. Then there were many trees across the street
from me as well as at the neighbors house filled with 110-200 crows per tree.
My question is what should I cook them for breakfast? Eggs? I'm fresh out of
shelled peanuts. :-) I don't think I have enough supplies for that many mouths.
Do crows read this list serve & know I fancy them? Did they see my crow vs.
mallard photo essay? ha ha.
The last few days in late afternoon I was witnessing the crows by hundreds fly
over my house heading north east to their roost. I told my bird watching
neighbor yesterday about it and he said, "cool let me know about it next time
so I can see it".
He was astonished to get the phone call tonight but came out to watch & count
crows. He actually walked down the street right by 5 trees of crows and didn't
realize it because they were so quiet. I had to point up for him to realize
they were there.
I find this all delightfully humorous because starting with Jan 1st I'd taken
it upon myself to try to find the crow roost. Two different nights I had
driven to several spots in the downtown Ithaca area where I had seen them last
year, to no avail. 2 weeks ago, as you know, I was finally out and about at the
right time of day to see them converging upon Emerson/Morse Chain.
I'm going out again later to watch them. Who cares if it is minus 6 degrees.
After all, how often do the Crows come home to roost? =)
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