The days are not entirely gone! A week ago Barry and I were returning from a dinner out
along Rockville Pike (just at dusk), and in order to turn east on Randolph Road to get home,
we have to do a little righthand "jog" from Rockville Pike over to Montrose, then left at a light
and back across the Pike. While waiting for the light at Montrose to change, something must
have startled the thousands of roosting crows. They came up in a huge black cawing cloud,
like something out of Hitchcock, blackening the sky with their numbers. There is still some
woods left and I assume they are also roosting in the suburban lots. I know for some years
'the crows decided that up-scale White Flint Mall was their refuge of choice, much to
the dismay of the valet parkers and their customers (and cars!!)
Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD
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From: Frank Boyle <>
> I used to work right behind the famed "Rockville Roost" off of Montrose Road
> and the intersection of Executive Boulevard. What is now your typical
> densely packed array of townhouses and other assorted suburban structures
> was once a thick grove of tall trees. The crows have dispersed to several
> remaining areas that have mature, tall trees in Rockville - one is across
> from the newer strip mall on Randolph Road. You can bet your bottom dollar
> that whatever green areas are left in that particular part of "Mo Co" are
> not long for this world. The good news is that crows, and corvids in
> general, are very resourceful and they will disperse once again, perhaps
> further up the I270 corridor. I for one loved the spectacle twice each day
> of the Rockville Roost leaving in the morning and returning at twilight.
> Those days are gone. So are the trees.
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> Frank Boyle
> Rohrersville, MD
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