Winter Crow Roost: staging flight vortex!
Huge Rooftop Staging! Dec. 12, 2023 under clear skies, wind SW 8MPH, temp 40F; sunrise time 4:10PM On Crow Patrol with first stops by airport, then baseball field at Incinerator Road while observing light incoming flight streams. While heading west on Merrimack St. observed staging Crows along Market St. around O'Connell South Common. At Market St. observed [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Norfolk, VA!
Dec. 8 at 4:10PM, sunset time 4:48PM; on Crow Patrol under clear skies, S wind at 10MPH, 54°F in Norfolk, VA. Down in Norfolk fo a visit with my brother, Dave Gibson. He had put out word in advance of my arrival that I was seeking info on the local winter Crow roost. Found staging area in Woodlawn Memorial [...]
Winter Crow Roost: exhiliarting!
Aerial views! Dec. 6, 2023: under mostly cloudy skies, wind NE 7MPH, temp 29F; sunset time 4:10PM (this will be the earliest sunset time for this winter season!) Out on Crow Patrol tonight proved to be another exhilarating experience! Our initial destination was the baseball field on Incinerator Road, where we sought out the staging Crows. A [...]
Winter Crow Roost: David Sibley!
David Sibley on the Winter Crow Roost! Dec. 1, 2023: As we start the 7th year of monitoring, documenting, and counting the Winter Crow Roost in Lawrence, we continue to receive a growing number of communications looking to know more about the roost. It is a source of great fascination and an amazing avian spectacle! This afternoon [...]
Winter Crow Roost: staging downriver!
Nov. 20, 2023 under clear skies, wind S 8MPH, temp 45F; sunset time 4:12PM Out on Crow Patrol with first stops by baseball field, along Merrimack Street to view buildup in staging areas. Next out onto the Duck Bridge to observe incoming flight streams downriver from the east. Image at 18 minutes after sunset time. Near the NXStage building [...]
Winter Crow Roost: flight bursts!
Nov. 26, 2023 under overcast skies, wind SSE at 4MPH with gusts, temp 41F; sunset time 4:14PM On Crow Patrol with first looks along Merrimack Street and then up to rooftop of parking garage with incoming flight streams from SE. these flight streams bypassed the B&D roof area and went on the area around the National Grid substation. Image [...]
Winter Crow Roost: leaves gone, numbers grow!
Aerial Views! Nov. 21, 2023 under mostly cloudy skies, calm wind, temp 37F; sunset time 4:17PM. Out on Crow Patrol with first looks by the airport and along Sutton Street with staging Crows seen in trees, on the ground, and in flight moving towards overnight roost. While gathering in these staging areas, the Crows are heard actively [...]
Winter Crow Roost: leaves almost gone!
Nov. 11, 2023 under clear skies, wind N 9MPH, temp 39F; sunset 4:25PM Out on Crow Patrol with first looks from the park by the Mill240 building just after sunset time with lots of Crows in flight up and down the Merrimack River. With very clear skies, the Crows tend to converge into the roost a bit later. Flight [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Harvest Full Moon!
Harvest Full Moon! Oct. 27, 2023: clear skies, wind SW 6MPH, temp 73F; sunset time 5:44PM Out on Crow Patrol with initial scouting visits all along Merrimack Street up to, and behind Helfrich Boiler Works at 39 Merrimack St with Crows staging on the ground and in trees in rear dirt lot. Was able to share a [...]
Winter Crow Roost: staging and converging
Aerial Views of Roost! Oct. 23, 2023: overcast skies with some breaks, wind NW 3MPH, temp 54F; sunset time 5:50PM Out on Crow Patrol up and down Merrimack Street, Pemberton Park and Mill240 complex with Crows staging and vocalizing all around but mostly within a 1/4 mile radius of the overnight roost trees; staging on the ground [...]