[Birdtalk] Crow Ruminations

[Jim Lofthouse]

I don't know why crows hang out in Weber County.

I have often seen crows foraging on fields where farmers have spread "Gold Dust".
This is common here in Southern Cache Valley in the Spring and Fall.  Right now, there doesn't seem to be many crows around, but I have seen a few in Hyrum and Logan within the past week. 

Jim

Paradise, Utah  Cache County

http://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/Fall/fall.htm
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kristin Purdy 
  To: Bird Talk 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 9:39 PM
  Subject: [Birdtalk] Crow Ruminations


  What a difference two counties make!

  This morning, I was at the corner of 4th South and 6th East in Salt Lake 
  City when I heard and saw an American Crow calling from a treetop. In Salt 
  Lake County, this bird seems to be a minor celebrity and is post-worthy. 
  Contrast that with my experience on South Harrison Blvd in Ogden, Weber 
  County, yesterday afternoon at about 5:00. I was watching the sky to the 
  west and saw a flock of crows take to the air and head southeast, their 
  usual direction in the late afternoon in winter. The birds became so 
  numerous that I had to resort to CBC counting techniques--count ten, then 
  estimate the number of tens. I figured the flock numbered 400-500 birds--not 
  an unusual sight for Weber County, and not at all post-worthy.

  I sure don't know why American Crows have taken such a hold in Weber County 
  (first nest was only reported in 1998) while their numbers remain so low 
  just two counties south. Anybody know? And while you're at it, anybody know 
  what a flock of 500 crows eats every day to sustain them through the 
  winter?!?

  Kris 


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