Comments on: Found Them… Almost http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Monique http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-7117 Monique Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:23:20 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=1885#comment-7117 Hi,

I discovered your site while looking at pictures of crows online, and wow–what a pleasure it has been!

I too watch crows and ravens with fascination, and long for them to return in the Spring. (I’m in middle Canada–many corvids are too intelligent to spend their winters here!)

The gorgeous pictures and your words made my day–thank you!

Monique

]]> By: Ed Shott http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5986 Ed Shott Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:15:58 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=1885#comment-5986 Kate,

A friend of mine who is an Allegheny County Police officer occasionally works the traffic light at the 31st Street bridge and Route 28. She said she saw 1000s of crows flying in and roosting in the trees on the hillside above 28 and Rialto Street. Thought you’d like to know.

Ed

]]> By: Kathy Saunders http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5958 Kathy Saunders Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:49:36 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=1885#comment-5958 On January 5, I stopped behind the Western Penitentiary (Manchester) to check the Ohio River, there were about 1,000 crows across the river. This was 4:20 p.m. and by 4:45 they were all gone and headed towards Pittsburgh. Probably to the Strip where you have observed them last week roosting. It is neat to see that many.

]]> By: Crow http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 Crow Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:28:25 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=1885#comment-5726 Crows are actually quite smart. Love watching them at work.

]]> By: doug cunzolo http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5651 doug cunzolo Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:15:04 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=1885#comment-5651 Hello Kate, I stopped by Uniondale Cemetary # 3 on Brighton road at 1:00 pm yesterday. I was just looking for some birds, because it seems as though there have been less around Brighton Heights this year. Anyway , I began seeing some Crows flying over. Not a lot of them at first , but more and more kept coming at a rate of about a hundred a minute. They were coming from the direction of the next cemetary over, Highwood. So I drove over there , and at the very back of the cemetary were still around 400 crows. It took me about 10 minutes to get from one spot to the next, so approx. 1000 birds had been at possibly a noon time roost. If I get the time I’ll check again over the next couple of days.

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5636 Kate St. John Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:22:52 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=1885#comment-5636 Hah! As if they’d heard my complaint, three dense flocks of crows flew over my house before dawn on Tuesday. They even paused and circled when they got to my street. I’m guessing there were at least 300 of them. Go figure.

]]> By: John English http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/12/15/found-them-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5625 John English Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:04:58 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=1885#comment-5625 I used to watch crows every day from on top of Greensburg Pike in Wilkins Township. Now that I’ve moved into the city all I have are annoying pigeons. I could watch at least a 30 minute flight to the west every evening. They also hung around the Plaza Shopping Center looking for scraps.
Once I watched a crow bury half a snake in my yard. It pecked a deep hole and jammed the garter snake into it. I was not aware that crows stored food.
The crows and the bluejays also made excellent alarm clocks!

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