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Re: MoCo Crows.

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"Gail B. Mackiernan "

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Gail B. Mackiernan

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Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:07:18 +0000

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

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
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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