Winter Crow Roost: numbers growing!
Monday, October 18, 2022: heavy overcast skies with light rain, wind E 10MPH, temp at 56F; sunset time 5:59PM Out on Crow Patrol with initial observations about 30 minutes before sunset of Crows arriving and staging atop the brick Everett Mills building. The Crows lined along the west side roof edge and around the outside clock. Built in 1909, [...]
Parthum School 3rd Graders: Crow Holiday in Lawrence!
What a terrific surprise to find this email message in my inbox on Thursday night! Hi Craig, I wanted to share some amazing news. As part of our crow unit, some students wrote a letter to the mayor petitioning for a crow holiday! Well, their request went all the way to City Hall. On Tuesday night, students attended the [...]
Crow Roost: the summer gang
Friday, June 10, 2022: Clear skies, wind W 8 MPH, temp at 71F; sunset time 8:22PM Out on summer Crow Patrol along Merrimack and South Canal Streets observing the Crows in early staging mode. This time of year, the area is filled with younger non-breeding Crows. They tend to arrive in the final staging areas much earlier than at [...]
Winter Crow Roost: lower numbers!
March 30, 2022: mostly cloudy, wind SW 6MPH, 47F; sunset time 7:08PM Out on Crow Patrol with brief 15 minute stop along Marston Street to observe Crows converging into overnight roost trees at the corner of Marston and Prospect Streets. Walked around the side on NE side of the corner with looks straight up at groups of Crows densely [...]
Winter Crow Roost: big winds
March 13, 2022: clear skies, wind SW 13MPH, gusts 22MPH, temp 34F; sunset time 6:49PM Out on Crow Patrol with main action along in the treetops along the hillside on Prospect Street opposite 38 Prospect Street brick building. By 15 minutes after sunset time, the Crows came streaming into the tree tops and started to settle in with raucous [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Airport to roost!
Crows arriving the roost! March 10, 2022: mostly cloudy, calm: sunset time 5:45PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop atop baseball field on Incinerator Road with views to the east and towards staging Crows around the extended airport and above the downslope to the Merrimack River. Image below at just over 30 minutes before sunset time. [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Crows in the Snow!
March 9, 2022: heavy overcast skies with snow, fog, visibility 3/4 mile, wind N at 5MPH, 32F; sunset time 5:43PM Out on Crow Patrol with stops in the hospital parking lot, atop Prospect Hill, and back along west side of Prospect Street. This view is from General Street looking to the east and skyward as the Crow settled in [...]
Winter Crow Roost: flight bursts!
Sensational flight bursts! Conditions: clear skies, wind W at 6MPH, 41F; sunset time 5:35PM Out on Crow Patrol along Marston Street with Crows streaming in over Marston and Prospect Streets towards the top of Prospect Hill, with one congested flight wave after another arriving from the south out over the Merrimack River. This image below almost 20 [...]
Winter Crow Roost: sunset flight swirls!
Sunset flight bursts! Feb. 28, 2022: clear skies, wind W 12MPH, temp at 26F wind chill 15F; sunset time 5:32PM Out on Crow Patrol with Crows staging on the Riverwalk complex rooftops along Merrimack Street on the south side of Merrimack River. Even from a distance you could hear them vocalizing and then minutes after sunset time [...]
Winter Crow Roost: sunset colors!
Entertaining time lapse!! Sat. Feb. 26, 2022: clear skies, wind SW 6MPH, temp 29F; sunset time 5:30PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop up and around Prospect Hill, Ferrous Park, and then along Marston Street under stunning clear skies. The Crows have been staging atop the east end of the Riverwalk complex, and were gathering there, [...]