Staging Fish Crows on Merrimack Street
Tues. Sept 21, 2021: clear skies, wind SE 5MPH, 71F; sunset time 6:43PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop along Island Street with small numbers of Fish Crows based on vocalizations. After watching a 15-20 Crows fly over the Merrimack River, next stop was by the NXStage building with a over 75 Fish Crows on the ground and [...]
Mill240 Roof Deck!
Mon. Sept 20, 2021 : clear skies, wind SE 6MPH, temp at 67F; sunset time 6:45PM, moonrise 7:03PM Out on Crow Patrol with a visit to the roof deck at Mill240 with sweeping 270 degrees views. Crows were seen streaming in from the west and south. The initial staging area was on nearby rooftops at the south end of [...]
Crow Roost: Fish Crows eating berries!
Conditions: clear skies, wind NW 9MPH, temp at 76F; sunset time 6:57PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop along Merrimack Street west of the Casey Bridge with Fish Crows gathering on the ground, rooftops, and utility lines. The Fish Crows seem to assemble in a separate staging area and are usually found mulling around on the ground in [...]
Summer Crow Roost: lots of action!
Conditions: clear skies, wind W at 7MPH, temp at 80F; sunset time 7:20PM Out on Crow Patrol with initial observations from south end of Casey Bridge along Merrimack Street by Helfrich Brothers. Crows were streaming in and landing on the ground, rooftops, and along utility wires on south side of Merrimack Street. Below is an image of the Crows [...]
Summer Crows!
This video shows Crows feeding on cracked corn Conditions: clear skies, wind NW 3 MPH, temp at 89F: sunset time 7:30PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stop by the truck depot located on South Canal Street. Crows started to arrive in small numbers around 5:45, with many landing on the ground and in nearby trees at [...]
Summer Crows numbers growing!
Time lapse video: Crows mulling around and feeding on cracked corn! Clear skies, wind SW at 8MPH, 81F, sunset time 7:42PM Out on Crow Patrol along South Canal Street and truck depot area with great staging action before Crows converged into overnight roost. Mostly American Crows with some Fish Crows. There were endless vocalizations during staging time. [...]
NENHC2021 Video Festival!
FIRST PLACE: OBSERVATIONAL FOOTAGE The 2021 Northeast Natural History Conference was held virtually in conjuntion with the Wilson Ornithological Society's Annual Meeting and the Association of Field Ornithologists' Annual Meeting NENHC 2021 NATURAL HISTORY VIDEO FESTIVAL OBSERVATIONAL FOOTAGE CATEGORY FIRST PLACE: THE CROW PATROL WINTER CROW ROOST: AN AMAZING AVIAN SPECTACLE It’s hard to believe that two [...]
Staging Fish Crows
Young Fish Crows staging before overnight roost! June 17, 2021: clear skies, wind W at 7MPH, temp at 76F Observed mostly young summer Fish Crows with small numbers of young American Crows around truck depot area, nearby rooftops, and utility lines, and in trees along south side of Merrimack River. This Fish Crow was seen atop of [...]
Lawrence High School Students: Career Day!
Lawrence Students Learn About Crow Roost During Career Day Lawrence High School students who are enrolled in the Practical Academics 1 Program and Practical Academics Post-Graduate Program participated via Zoom in Career Day, which featured Craig Gibson of the Crow Patrol. “We initiated the Career Day Program to bring community members into the class on Zoom, every Friday, to [...]
Crow Roost: numbers dwindle to low point!
Conditions: mostly clear skies, gentle winds, temp at 62F; sunset time 7:57PM Out on Crow Patrol along south side of Merrimack River just east of the Rt. 495 Bridge. Initial sightings were made of Crows streaming past, downriver, to gather in staging areas well before sunset time. At 8 minutes after sunset time, the first wave of Crows were [...]