Staging: Fish Crows and American Crows
Observation details: start time 7PM, observed mostly Fish Crows, along with a few American Crows, with active vocalizations, for over 45 minutes from along South Canal Street, with sunset time at 8:26PM. Conditions: clear skies, wind SE at 6MPH, temp at 76F As the Fish Crows were starting to gather, had a chance to throw out some bright orange [...]
Fish Crows in final staging mode
Observation details: start time 7PM, observed mostly Fish Crows, along with a few American Crows, with active vocalizations, for over 1.5 hours from three locations (South Canal Street area, Mill240 park, Duck Bridge) with sunset time at 8:25PM Conditions: clear skies, wind E at 6MPH, temp at 75F Again, initial observation area was from the truck depot along South [...]
Fish Crows: staging and roosting
Observation details: start time 7:50PM, and observed Fish Crows for about 25 minutes in two locations with sunset time at 8:22PM Conditions: overcast skies, wind S at 7MPH, temp at 71F Initial observation area was along South Canal Street, located just west of the New Balance complex. Over 200 FICR's were observed in the general area. They were milling [...]
Fish Crows: staging and roosting near Duck Bridge
Observation period: for about 60 minutes starting at 8:15PM along South Canal Street and then moving over to the west side of the Duck Bridge over the Merrimack River. Conditions: mostly clear skies, wind from S at 8MPH, temp at 81F and sunset time 8:19PM Arrived in the area near the Duck Bridge and after a few minutes watching [...]
Roosting young Fish Crows!
Conditions: mostly clear skies, wind from south at 13MPH, with gusts to 18MPH; temp at 80F; sunset time 8:12PM After being way for many weeks, had a nice opportunity to return to Lawrence Wednesday night in an effort to scout out the roosting young Fish Crows. Like last summer, these young Fish Crows band together during the summer months. [...]
Fish Crow vs. American Crow???
On May, 20, 2020, an incoming email arrived from a bird biologist friend on the west coast with photos and questions about a Fish Crow identification. She has a great interest in Crows and has studied many different types of Crows. She has received 3 photos of a Crow and had been asked to help in distinguishing whether it [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Talkin’ Birds with Ray Brown!
At the kind invitation of Ray Brown from the renowned Talkin' Birds radio show/podcast, the winter crow roost in Lawrence, MA was featured on the show in early May. As a bit of background, Ray Brown joined us Along the banks of the Merrimack River for yet another oversubscribed winter crow roost outing on Monday, January 21, 2020, along [...]
Winter Crow Roost: roost still active!
Conditions: clear skies, setting sun, wind from N at 8MPH, temp at 54F; sunset time 7:05PM Out on Crow Patrol after being away for last two weeks due to COVID-19 pandemic. Have received many reports from others who have been able to stop by and observe the roost action late in the season. Unlike last year, we are still [...]
Winter Crow Roost: dusk and dawn!
Observation period: just before sunset on Saturday, March 14, until just after sunrise on Monday, March 16 Conditions: generally clear skies, variable winds up to 10 MPH, and temps from 20F to 48F We are continuing to deploy an ever expanding range of photography gear, audio devices, and even new light meters to help us better understand the behavior [...]
Winter Crow Roost: full moon
Conditions: clear sunset skies, wind W at 13MPH, 70F; sunset time 6:44PM (2020 Winter Crow Roost eBird checklist: #83) Out on Crow Patrol with first stop along Incinerator Road to watch small numbers of Crows staging in the distance, to the east, past Charles Street and around west perimeter of the airport. Moved over to south side of the [...]