Date: 1/7/25 9:51 am From: Bill Rhodes (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Crow gatherings
We have had a couple of these huge gatherings near my home (well what's
left of it) in Swannanoa. Mostly fish crows, but some American. Never seen
that before. Climate change?
On Tue, Jan 7, 2025, 10:29 James Hancock <carolinabirds...> wrote:
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> *From:* Will Cook <cwcook...>
> *Date:* January 6, 2025 at 11:57:32 AM EST
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> *Subject:* *Fwd: Crow gatherings*
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> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 11:04:37 -0500
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> It’s not in NC, but there is a long established nightly murder of crows
> near the intersection of I 64 and I 264 in Virginia Beach.
> I work up that way and have seen them numerous times. Near dusk you can
> see them in small flocks moving towards this spot from miles away. You can
> even see them all the way from the oceanfront moving to the roost—a
> distance of at least 10 miles. When gathered together, there are at least
> 10,000 crows roosting in the treetops near this intersection. It’s an
> awesome sight overlooked by most motorists.
> Skip Hancock/Coinjock
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> On Jan 6, 2025, at 6:00 AM, <carolinabirds-request...> wrote:
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> carolinabirds Digest Mon, 06 Jan 2025
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> 1. John Fussell - <mtove...> <mtove...>
> 2. 2024 Grandfather Mountain CBC results - William Bennett <william.
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> 3. Large crow flock - Susan Campbell <susan...> <susan...>
> 4. RE: Large crow flock - scompton1251 <scompton1251...>
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> 5. Re: Large crow flock - Harry LeGrand <hlegrandjr...>
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