There has been a group of crows like this in North Portland since last
winter. They go over my house in various sized groups every night and
roost at Smith Lake. I'm not sure if any of these birds bred. Ray K

On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Tom Foote wrote:

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> Greetings-
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> so, last Friday evening I and two birder friends were stoking up
> on Chinese food before we went out *owling*, when I noticed
> some crows flying from what appeared to be down town Olypmia
> over the parking lot of Top Foods on the West Side headed for
> some place in the Black Hills.. there were about 40 birds schooled
> up and I watched them as they passed over..then I noticed a few
> stragglers, and another bunch..even larger coming behind it.
> To make a long story short this went on with flock after
> flock of crows for about 15 minutes or so..maybe longer. They
> just kept coming..we estimated somewhere over a thousand and
> maybe more..in groups of 40 to 60 with stragglers between
> them..none of us had ever seen that many crows flying over
> at any one time. They were all headed in the same direction..
> somewhere near 30 (estimated) separate groups with stragglers
> in between... curious...
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> Tom
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> Tom Foote footet at elwha.evergreen.edu
> Lab II
> The Evergreen State College (360) 866-6000 x6118
> Olympia, WA 98505
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