Subject: A "Swarm" of Crows!
Date: Aug 6 13:08:54 1999
From: Michael Hobbs - Hummer at isomedia.com


A few weeks ago, I saw just such an event. After about 10 minutes, a
well-hidden Red-tailed Hawk emerged from the tree. I presume the Red-tail had
gotten a crow chick, and the crows weren't going to let it go without making a
memorable fuss.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== hummer at isomedia.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Lydia Gaebe <lgaebe at email.msn.com>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 6:57 PM
Subject: A "Swarm" of Crows!


> Hi Tweeties!
>
> While gazing out my window at the deathly still, oppressive afternoon sky, I
> spied a "swarm" of crows, about 50 or 60 of them boiling up out a nearby
> tree and "swarming" like starlings. The birds chattered, but nothing out of
> the ordinary.
>
> Could the weird weather make the crows "swarm"? Good thing it's not any
> hotter, otherwise I'd feel like I was back in the Midwest!
>
> Any idea why such a large group would swarm?
>
> Lydia In Kent, WA
>
> (no clever sig. file....)
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