At the 23rd floor of downtown Seattle, they don't sound like Northwestern
Crows to me! My guess would be Rock Doves or Starlings.

Scott

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" Scott Ray "
" Moxee, WA "
" scray at wolfenet.com "
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-----Original Message-----
From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
[mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Daniel Bastaja
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 5:45 AM
To: RivaLeya at aol.com; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: flying flocks in downtown Seattle


What colour are they? Black? They sound like Northwestern Crows to me. Going
off to roost.

Daniel Bastaja
e-mail: birdingfaqs at hotmail.com
Wed. Nov. 6th, 2002






>From: RivaLeya at aol.com
>Reply-To: RivaLeya at aol.com
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: flying flocks in downtown Seattle
>Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 00:36:56 EST
>
>Every night between five and six I see several large flocks of medium
>sized
>birds swirling and dipping and swooping, as a group' in and around the
>skyscrapers. I am on the 23rd floor and they swoop right by me. Perhaps
>they
>are coming in the day and I don't notice because I am busy with people but
>I
>suspect they are flying just at night. And very quickly. One minute you see
>them, the next they are gone. Any ideas for me?
>Randy Joseph
>Seattle, WA
>Mailto:rivaleya at aol.com


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