xoxoxoBruce Friday Jan 13 08:49 PMJan 14th, 2017: Crows
Hundreds of Crows roosting on fresh fallen snow.
BigV Friday Jan 13 08:50 PMRedrum REDRUM!
Clodfobble Friday Jan 13 10:05 PMCrows, and not grackles? That's the kind of mass-swarming black bird we have down here.
Snakeadelic Saturday Jan 14 08:11 AMMost grackle species prefer the neotropics, though the Common Grackle does live year-round as far north as the Great Lakes and well up the eastern seaboard.
Based on the apparent size of these birds, though, I'm going with crow/raven. Most grackles are quite a bit smaller than crows and have MUCH longer tails. Any info on where the pic was taken?
I'd hate living in that neighborhood. Crows annoy the holy living daylights out of me--I can't concentrate when there's any kind of loud, unmelodic, repetitive noise in my immediate environment. Exactly the kind of noise crows make ALL DAY LONG barking at each other about territory and calling friends in when they find food (like the garbage can some stupid monkey around here keeps leaving open because they don't think there are BEARS in Montana...). Luckily for me, the local crow population doesn't like cameras, so when they try to set up a territorial calling post right across the street or two trees down the block, I just put a camera lens on them until they go away. It used to take half an hour or more, but nowadays they'll swing by a couple of times in the spring and about 10 minutes does the trick. They are VERY smart and show every sign of recognizing me with or without my camera, coat, hat, etc. I have gotten some lovely action shots over the years .
Griff Sunday Jan 15 10:50 AMAny more info? It seems familiar...
lumberjim Sunday Jan 15 11:53 AMWinter is coming
Gravdigr Sunday Jan 15 05:36 PMCrows is smrt.
Diaphone Jim Sunday Jan 15 06:32 PMPortland, Oregon, 12th floor of Justice Center.
monster Sunday Jan 15 06:36 PMLooks like the trees have fleas
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Jan 15 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Griff
Any more info? It seems familiar...
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Nope, just saw the picture on the net and thought it was cool.
Griff Monday Jan 16 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim
Portland, Oregon, 12th floor of Justice Center.
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Thanks!
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Nope, just saw the picture on the net and thought it was cool.
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DJ got it.
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