Today I saw something I don't recall seeing before. Many times I have seen crows commuting - traveling away from a large roost early in the morning or returning to the roost area in the afternoon. Today at 11am I saw a flock of 125 crows flying south high over the east end of Stewart Park. I suspect they were migrating. This was not the time of day I that crows typically commute. Their flight path was the same that I have seen used by migrating Blue Jays earlier in the autumn when they follow the east side of the lake south-southeast but then take a more accurate southerly course once they can do so over without flying over the lake. They were taking some advantage of the north-northwest wind, but when I saw them they were flying at an angle to it. These crows were silent, but I assume they were American Crows because they appeared similar to each other in size and I doubt we could assemble that many Fish Crows here. --Dave Nutter --
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