I live above Lake Washington but just below the ridge (Sand Point Way), &
every evening we watch the crows streaming up the lake shore towards
Kenmore. Now I know where they are roosting.

Chris Kessler
north Seattle

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Jody Breckenridge
<jbreckenridge at r2usa.com>wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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