Date: 2/14/25 4:59 am From: John Stith <john.stith...> Subject: [MDBirding] Re: Winter crow roost near New Carrollton metro? Anyone have an idea where it is?
Jim, last winter the roost was in the trees on the northwest and southwest
corners of Pennsy Drive and Corporate Drive, very visible from the top of
the new Metro parking garage. I haven't been there this winter -- perhaps
it has moved!
Years ago the crows also used the landscaping trees immediately outside the
south exit of the train station, but those trees were removed when built
the new garages.
John Stith
Chillum, Md.
On Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:27:05 PM UTC-5 James Wilson wrote:
> Anyone have an idea where the actual winter crow roost is near the New
> Carrollton metro??
>
> So last Saturday I went to the New Carrollton metro before first light,
> hoping to hear and see the roost nearby. I went to the top of the
> parking garage where I could see and hear in all directions, but no
> crows were around; at a winter crow roost, the crows are very noising
> during that time of day. I also drove around the area a bit, and I did
> not find the roost. I got a few glances of streams of crows from a
> distance but that's it.
>
> I don't doubt that the crows hang out near the metro in the evening
> before moving on to the actual roost, which is likely within a mile of
> the metro hangout spots. I'd like to give another try to finding the
> roost if someone can narrow down where it might be.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On 2/2/2025 2:05 PM, Marcia Watson wrote:
> > I can add that the New Carrollton roost has been in existence for many
> years. The Bowie Christmas Bird Count circle includes viewpoints from which
> the flight to/from the roost can be seen, so data are captured there. The
> huge number of birds in late afternoon freaks out the commuters using the
> trains. People scuttle to their cars, newspapers over their heads,
> exclaiming loudly about Alfred Hitchcock. I always chuckled about this when
> getting off the train in the days when I was still working.
> >
> > Marcia
> > ------------
> > Marcia Watson
> > Phoenix, MD
> >
> >> On Feb 2, 2025, at 1:36 PM, James Wilson <jfwil......> wrote:
> >>
> >> And thanks for multiple sitings of a third DC area crow roost at New
> Carrollton metro! The three roosts I am now aware of -- North Bethesda,
> Shirlington, and New Carrollton -- happen to be about exactly 15 miles from
> each other, making an equilateral triangle.
> >>
> >> I will definitely make it over to New Carrollton to see the roost at
> some time, and would be interested in any more observations of the roost or
> of the streams of crows leaving/returning each sunrise/sunset.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
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