Date: 10/25/24 8:47 am From: Dana Fox <dana.fox1939...> Subject: Re: [Maine-birds] Migrating Crows - Please report
The northern American Crows start leaving the Lawrence roost in late
February and eary March.
Dana Duxbury-Fox
North Andover MA
<Dana.fox1939...>
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 9:29 AM Margaret Huber <hubermargaret7...>
wrote:
> Great report. Is this truly migration or seasonal movements? Will they
> stay south?
> Margi
>
> On Oct 25, 2024, at 8:21 AM, Dana Fox <dana.fox1939...> wrote:
>
> American Crows from the north are on the move at this time of year.
>
> Four years ago today, I had the distinct pleasure of seeing hundreds of
> migrating crows from the Woodmont orchard parking lot in Hollis NH which
> had probably been following the Merrimack River. An hour later, hawk
> watchers on Mt. Wachusetts reported seeing hundreds of crows passing
> overhead. That mountain and Hollis are on a direct line SW and the crows
> were flying at their mph rate.
>
> Yesterday, Eric Mueller, the Mt Wachusetts hawk watcher reported his first
> flock of migrating crows..
>
> Keep an eye out and please report what you are seeing.
>
> The numbers of crows in Massachusetts winter roosts wil begin to swell.
> Late December is the peak in my nearby Lawrence MA roost.
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