[Birdnet] PS - for those crow followers...

[JIM URE]

Springville/Provo area was the only place I ever saw crows in Utah 30-40 
years ago.  There seemed to be a colony of them thriving in the olives along 
the margins of Utah Lake.

Knew a guy who would go down there with a captive owl and shoot the crows 
that came into harass it.  Same guy was into putting out home-made rock dove 
decoys and shooting pigeons as they came into the fields.  I'll give him 
credit:  he ate the pigeons he shot. Doubt the crows graced his table.

How times have (fortunately) changed.
Jim Ure
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Colver" <colver at csolutions.net>
To: "Glen Warchol" <gwarchol at sltrib.com>
Cc: <birdnet at utahbirds.org>; "David Jensen" <dlj11350 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Birdnet] PS - for those crow followers...


> Several years ago I arrived at Provo High School quite early for the 
> Christmas bird count.  As I sat in the parking lot small groups of 2-5 
> crows flew overhead, all going from the northeast toward the west.  It 
> was a bird count, so I started counting.  By the time the other  birders 
> arrived to start our day I had counted over 700 crows passing  over, just 
> a few at a time.  It was probably a record year for crows  in the count 
> for our area, but I doubt there were any more in the  county than usual. 
> The crows gather for nocturnal roosts in large  numbers, then disperse 
> during the day.  One might have to take this  into account before 
> concluding there is a crow expansion.
> Thanks All,
> Kevin Colver
>
> www.7Loons.com
>
>
>
> On May 4, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Glen Warchol wrote:
>
>> Solitary Crow flew over my head this morning in West Capitol Hill 
>> neighborhood near Warm Springs Park. Calling continuously.
>>
>> On May 4, 2009, at 1:53 PM, David Jensen wrote:
>>
>>> Just stepped outside the Avenues library to see if I was going to  get 
>>> rained on when I go down the hill.....CAW! CAW!.....two crows  flew 
>>> overhead. I heard from a couple of people who are interested  in what 
>>> might be crow "expansion" in Utah and thought they might  like to know.
>>> David Jensen
>>>
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