Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 03:36:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Re: American Crow Behavior Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Shireen Gonzaga writes: > There was a long loosely-formed stream of American > Crows flying westward. It seemed endless. They kept > appearing over the horizon (north, I think), and continued going > westward towards the setting sun. It was a beautiful sight. > > Any idea what these crows are doing, and why? Are they > heading towards a huge communal roosting area? Anyone > know where this is? What's the daily foraging range in > winter for these birds? They were indeed heading for a nocturnal roost site, Shireen. These can reach epic proportions at times--there is one near Rockville in Montgomery County that regularly gets written up in the local papers and in the Washington Post as well. I'm not sure what their foraging range is, but given their size and strength, I imagine it's a pretty big circle. Crows are indeed neat birds. Are you a member of ASCAR??? (American Society of Crowas & Ravens) Best of the Holidays to you! Norm ============================ Norm Saunders Colesville, Montgomery County, MD marshhawk@worldnet.att.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================