Fish Crows: staging before roost!
Conditions: clear skies, wind W at 5 MPH, temp 85°F; sunset time 8:01PM Had a chance to get out on Crow Patrol a bit earlier than normal and drove in a wider area around the regular staging/roosting area along South Canal Street. Discovered a pack of young Fish Crows hanging around along South Canal St. just west of Casey [...]
Fish Crow Roost: week of July 26, 2020
Sun. July 26, 2020: partly cloudy, wind SW 8MPH, 83F: sunset time 8:11PM Observation details: initial vantage point along South Canal St. watching Crows streaming into regular nightly staging area; mostly Fish Crows streaming in from the west and north, in small groupings, descending in altitude and then swirling into a perch location while vocalizing along the way in; [...]
Fish Crow Roost: week of July 20, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020: clear skies, bright sun, wind SW 16MPH, gusts to 21MPH, temp 92F; sunset time 8:16PM Observations: made from South Canal Street by the truck depot; mostly Fish Crows streaming in from south and west starting around 6:15PM in small numbers; This image below shows one of the Fish Crows in flight mode while approaching the [...]
Fish Crow staging in timelapse video!
Observation details: start time 5:45PM, observed mostly Fish Crows, with active vocalizations, for almost 2 hours from along South Canal Street, with sunset time at 8:26PM. Conditions: partly cloudy, wind SE 5 MPH, temp 74F; sunset time 8:26PM For those of you with an interest in documenting bird behavior trends and patterns, a time lapse video may be [...]
Fish Crows in the overnight roost!
Observation details: start time 7:45PM, observed mostly Fish Crows, along with a few American Crows, with active vocalizations, for almost 45 minutes from along South Canal Street, and then out on the west side of the Duck Bridge, over the Merrimack River. Conditions: heavy overcast skies, wind calm, temp 67F; sunset time 8:26PM After initial arrival in [...]
Fish Crows: streaming, staging, roosting!
Observation details: start time 6:50PM, observed mostly Fish Crows, along with a few American Crows, with active vocalizations, for almost 2 hours from along South Canal Street, and then out on the west side of the Duck Bridge, with sunset time at 8:26PM. Conditions: clear skies, wind SW 10 MPH, temp 83F; sunset time 8:26PM The Fish Crows started [...]
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 [...]