1,000 crows
Jan 22, 2019 15:32:50 #
Raised on a farm in the late '30's, my dad grabbed the shotgun from behind the Hoosier in the kitchen when he saw a crow on the line between the house and the barn. The crow took off, my dad fired. 'Til he died in his eighties, my dad loved to say the only time he ever fired a gun, he got a crow on the wing.
Jan 22, 2019 17:43:31 #
There used to be lots of crows (and ravens) that would use the large eucalyptus trees across the street from my mobile home park. Probably were part of the roost in the Santa Ana River bed, which is not too far. However, a few years ago, when Avian flu came to So Calif., they became scarce. There seem to be more each year as the murder recovers.
Jan 22, 2019 23:26:01 #
billbarcus
Loc: IPNW
With that temperature they were probably freezing their a...s off and had to get airborne an flap their wings to generate some heat. 
Jan 23, 2019 01:54:25 #
ELNikkor wrote:
I usually see only 7-10 crows at a time, but this ... (show quote)
Did you get a photo?
Jan 23, 2019 09:05:37 #
It was 3 degrees out, and me comfortable in my PJ's drinking coffee, watching cardinals, juncos, blue jays, red polls, chickadees, nuthatches, and wood peckers putting on a show around the feeders and suet out the dining room window; figured by the time I changed, suited up for the bitter cold, got the camera, went outside, the crows would be finished with their fly-over...so, no, no photo this time!
Jan 23, 2019 14:28:48 #
ELNikkor wrote:
It was 3 degrees out, and me comfortable in my PJ's drinking coffee, watching cardinals, juncos, blue jays, red polls, chickadees, nuthatches, and wood peckers putting on a show around the feeders and suet out the dining room window; figured by the time I changed, suited up for the bitter cold, got the camera, went outside, the crows would be finished with their fly-over...so, no, no photo this time!
This most intelligent birds are the ones you mention. Millions spent to feed and house them by us humans yearly. Crows should be so lucky. At least they get included in the bird count.
Bill
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