Winter Crow Roost: back of hospital campus!
Jan. 13, 2022: Clear skies, calm, temp at 37F; sunset time 4:34 PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop at baseball field on Incinerator Road to scan for incoming flight streams; major streams seen coming in from the NE and S towards west side of Prospect Hill. Moved to lower Prospect Street area, by the hospital, and observed [...]
MRWC: The Crow Show 2022 Webinar
On Tuesday night, Jan. 11, 2022, the Merrimack River Watershed Council (MRWC) hosted an informative webinar, "The Crow Show 2022." The Merrimack River, at 117 miles in length, drains a watershed of 5,000 square miles that sustains a population of over 2.5 million people! The MRWC aims to improve and conserve the Merrimack River watershed for people and wildlife through [...]
Winter Crow Roost: flight bursts from the roost!
Settling into the overnight roost! Jan. 6, 2022: mostly clear skies, wind W at 3MPH, 33F; sunset time 4:26PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop by the water tower and Storrow Park with Crows streaming and in and perching, but in light numbers; after observing flight streams that seemed to divert to the east, we moved [...]
Winter Crow Roost: staging in Storrow Park
Timelapse: crows settling into roost! Jan. 3, 2022: overcast skies, wind N at 8MPH, temp at 24F; sunset time 4:23PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop at the baseball field atop Incinerator Road. This location provides an almost 360 degree view of the extended area. We were able to see numerous flight streams approaching the Prospect [...]
Winter Roost: roost continues by hospital!
Dec. 23, 2021: clear skies, wind W 10MPH, temp at 30F; sunset time 4:15PM Out on Crow Patrol with initial stops in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery where the Crows are known to use as a smaller staging area. We observed over 300 Crows about 30 minutes before sunset time. The image below was captured after entering Immaculate Conception and [...]
Crow Roost: staging Prospect Hill, roosting by hospital!
Dec. 21, 2021: clear skies, calm, 36F; sunset time 4:14PM Out on Crow Patrol with initial scouting all around Prospect Hill as Crows were starting to stream in from all directions. This first image was captured right at sunset time. It shows a smaller group of about 75 Crows streaming in towards the staging area. After checking many locations [...]
2021 CBC Crow Count; Great Horned Owl?
Dec. 18, 2021: heavy overcast skies, snow, mist, fog, 1/2 mile visibility, calm, 33F; sunset time 4:12PM 2021 CBC Crow Count for the Andover Circle listed below! As Geoff LeBaron, Director of the National Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC), commented on in a recent Massbird email..."Tis the season!" We were out this afternoon under gritty conditions for the 2021 [...]
Great Horned Owl in the roost!
Great Horned Owl lands in middle of overnight crow roost! During a Crow Patrol outing on Sat. Dec. 11, we placed a small time lapse camera in the tree in the back section of the overnight crow roost. The camera was set up facing south with views of the roost, the Merrimack River below, the tress along [...]
Crow Roost: shift in staging areas?
Dec. 12, 2021: clear skies, wind W at 10MPH, 43F; sunset time at 4:11PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop at the baseball field located on Incinerator Road in Lawrence, by the Essex County Pre-Release Center. Over 500 Crows were seen assembling in the trees to the NE, on the east side of the Merrimack River, and then [...]
Crow Patrol presents at 2021 TWS Conference!
The Wildlife Society (TWS) recently hosted its 2021 Conference and extended an invitation to the Crow Patrol to participate! The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference is one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals and supporters in North America. For more than 25 years, TWS has hosted this unique and informative event that provides endless networking opportunities through working groups, [...]