Diann, I saw the crows last night as well -- while driving east on highway
522 near Woodinville. It was around 6pm and they appeared to be starting to
drop down into a long row of tall conifers north of the highway, although
there were still thousands in the air as I drove by. It was quite a sight.

Good birding!

-jody

Jody Breckenridge
North of Monroe, Snohomish County
Jbreckenridge at r2usa dot com



-----Original Message-----
From: Diann MacRae [mailto:tvulture at vei.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 12:42 PM
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] great crow show

Hi, Tweets

Many of you have seen the early evening flights of crows to their
various roosts in the area, but last night Bill and I had our
greatest show ever. We went over to the UW-Bothell campus around 5pm.
Not a crow in sight. A bit to the south there started appearing a few
groups flying west to east (towards Woodinville). Small groups would
fly over the campus, but starting at about 5:45, large groups began
passing over. We went up on the top floor of the parking garage which
is just across the street from Cascadia College and these flights
began flying just over our heads. With a crescent moon (it'll be
quarter phase tonight) high above it was fantastic to watch thousands
of crows flying directly above us. I don't exaggerate. They were
coming from downtown Bothell (perhaps a staging area near the
Safeway) directly over us on a line to Woodinville or slightly north.

As it got darker, the crow flight was lower. They were muttering and
a bit of cawing, but essentially just heading to their roost. Our
estimate was around 8,000 (or more) - just an estimate. It was really
a sight to see and a great place to watch from. The flight went on
until approximately 6:18pm.

Cheers, Diann

Diann MacRae
Olympic Vulture Study
22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.
Bothell, WA 98021
tvulture at vei.net