Bird Watcher’s Digest: Crow Patrol in two issues!
BWD, founded in 1978 as Bird Watcher’s Digest, is North America’s premier bird-watching magazine. Each bimonthly issue is packed with beautiful photography, illustrations and in-depth articles by renowned experts on an array of topics from backyard birds to birding abroad. Subscriptions are growing with birders wanting to become a part of the BWD community and benefit from the wealth of birding [...]
Winter Crow Roost: The Crows are back in town!
Crows Flying in Slow Motion Tues. Nov. 5, 2024: Clear skies, wind SW 7MPH, 72F; sunset time 4:31PM Arrived in area around New Balance building scouting out final staging areas; observed incoming flight streams from the west continuing eastward and downriver towards Prospect Hill. Moved to lower Marston Street at SW corner of Prospect Hill to observe [...]
Winter Crow Roost: back to New Balance!
April 22, 2024: under clear skies, wind NW 6MPH, temp 52F; sunset 7:35PM Out on Crow Patrol after being away. The overnight roost has shifted back to the north side of the New Balance building along the Merrimack River. The same seasonal shift was noted in my eBird posting on 4.12.23 last spring. The remaining Crows tend to move [...]
GBH News: Crows Descent in Lawrence!
GBH video with over 33,000 views! During a GBH News Forum ZOOM interview with David Sibley, the award winning reporter hosting the Forum, Craig LeMoult, noted a question by a participant in regard to the winter crow roost in Lawrence, MA. David Sibley devoted over 3 minutes discussing an overview on behavior and dynamics around the communal [...]
Crow Roost Research: 3D LIDAR Imaging
After many months of communications and preparations, a team from 3DEO, with headquarters located in Dover, MA, finally launched a research project in Lawrence, MA near the winter crow roost. The research study is part of a larger study looking at "Precision Tracking of Birds and drones using Fast Efficient 3D Lidar. This project is a result of grant [...]
Winter Crow Roost: incoming flight streams!
Flight Streams! Feb. 22, 2024 under mostly cloudy, wind SSW 8MPH, temp 41F; sunset time 5:24PM Out on Crow Patrol with stops at staging locations along Sutton and Charles Street in North Andover. Moved to intersection along Marston Street. Major incoming flight streams coming from due south over the Merrimack River at 10 minutes after sunset time. [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Manchester, NH!
Feb. 21, 2024: under mostly clear skies, wind SE 8MPH, temp 34F; sunset time 5:24PM Made a visit with hopes of finding the local overnight Crow roost. After initial stops along east side of the Merrimack River from Amoskeag Falls down to bridge at Granite Street, moved to west side of river with more scouting stops from Notre Dame [...]
Springfield Crow Roost: Boston Globe Front Page!
A front row seat to a murder mystery In Springfield, Patti Steinman leads an urban safari to observe crows in all their glory By Francie Lin, globe correspondent SPRINGFIELD — At 4 p.m. on a sun-showered Saturday, Patti Steinman scans the bare trees between the interstate and the Albany Street railroad tracks. A cracked parking lot in an industrial [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Merrimack River Watershed Council Walk!
Timelapse Video! Feb. 20, 2024 under clear skies, calm wind conditions, temp 34F; sunset time 5:22PM Out on Crow Patrol with initial stops nearby to scout out nearby staging locations. Joined tonight by 47 attendees for the annual Crow Patrol walk/talk hosted by our friends and staff at the Merrimack River Watershed Council (MRWC). Special thanks to [...]
Winter Crow Roost: Eagle Tribune Front Page!
Video from Eagle Tribune! The following front page feature article in the Eagle Tribune, a daily newspaper covering the Merrimack Valley, Essex County, and Southern New Hampshire; highlights Craig's fascination with observing and documenting the nightly winter crow roost spectacle in Lawrence, MA. Craig, a retired Roman Catholic hospital chaplain at Lawrence General Hospital, has been studying [...]