Date: 5/18/26 5:40 pm From: William Flack via groups.io <sparvophile...> Subject: Re: [NEBirds] Fish Crows in Fairbury
I visited Fairbury this afternoon (May 18), hoping to find the Fish Crows. Unfortunately, Fairbury was hit very hard by a storm the night before last (May 16/17). There're big branches down all over the place, and some large trees have completely been snapped off or uprooted. I fear the worst for the Fish Crow nest, and for the crows themselves.
Tommy Childers reported them on eBird on May 16, so they were there at the time. Unless we're fortunate, he may have been the last to see them. I'm staying in Fairbury tonight, and plan to search for them again tomorrow, but I'm not optimistic: even if the adults survived the storm, they might have abandoned Fairbury in hopes of finding a calmer nesting site.
