Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 31 Dec 2008 22:57:06 -0800558_us-ascii Greetings to all! It's that time of year again. Time to start the new year with a new year list and what better way then trying your hand at 100 species for the month of January. Last year was a good one, although I just squeaked by (once again) and we had the record fall with Ryan Steiner's 138 species! I remember how a friend once said how a little friendly competition during the cold, dark months of winter helps to keep us all energized and in-touch with our friends to pass along lots of helpful information. This is also [...]44_31Dec200822:57: [log in to unmask] |
Date: | Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:41:43 -0500 |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Last week, we saw over about 5000 crows in a 10 mile stretch of I77 heading toward Cambridge. I found a website that discussed this winter behavior. It said 1000s or 10,000s of crows will fly to a roosting site near a town or city at dusk because the ambient air temperature is warmer due to heat loss from buildings, Early in the AM, the crows will fly off to their regular hunting gounds and return the next dusk to roost. This makes sense, as crows are very smart.
Thais & Drue tepper
______________________________________________________________________
Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.
Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.
Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.
You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:
http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS
Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
|
|
|