At one point in time, a lot of the crows were roosting in woods near the 
Jewish retirement community off of Montrose to the dismay of residents!

Cheers,
Kathy

M. Kathleen Klimkiewicz, Biologist
USGS Patuxent WRC BBL
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Laurel MD 20708-4037
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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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