[SBB] Santa Clara - A Gathering of Crows

["Tiwari, Vivek" <[[email protected]]>]

This may be known to local birders but wanted to pass it along anyway.

 

Last couple of months on Thursday evenings, I drop off my daughther at the gymnastics center at the Edward P Carmichael park

on Benton Av. between Pomeroy and Lawrence Expwy. and wait outside for about 50 minutes.

 

Yesterday’s experience was typical. Spread across all the tree tops in the area – in the park and the neighbourhood are hundreds of AMERICAN CROWS.

I estimated 600 but there could easily be more. I get there at 4:30PM when they appear to be flying in.

They fly around, moving from trees, generally creating quite a racket.

Then the center of mass gradually shifts north and by 5:20PM or so, they have moved out of sight. Not sure where they roost, but I suspect they break up into

smaller groups and spread out.

 

Its quite an avian spectacle and worth a look if you are in the area around that time.

 

Vivek Tiwari

San Jose

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