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American Crow

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February sightings of note

Eastern Coyote: We saw a coyote on Sunday morning, Feb. 10 beside the Westview Village (Lansdowne Street west) pond, on the north side of Harper Park. It had been lying down in the snow nearby, then wandered around the pond area and ran back into the forest. I managed to Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 4 yearsFebruary 9, 2019 ago
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Crows mobbing a Red-tailed Hawk

Here is a picture of an American Crow sending out the alarm, regarding this Red-tailed Hawk in our poplar tree. There were two other crows not in the photo also circling around the hawk and creating quite a ruckus. Shortly after this photo was taken, the four birds flew off. Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
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Large numbers of crows in west end of Peterborough

I was wondering if you could tell me , why I am seeing so many crows around my house this time of year. There are as many as 20 to 50 of them, and they have been around for the past two weeks. I live on Armstrong Drive and have Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
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Crow roost on Towerhill Road

For many years the city American Crows roosted near the Kawartha Golf and Country Club grounds. Recently I noticed a lot of crow calling (before the sun is up) coming from the north of my location at Fairbairn and Raymond Streets. This morning I stepped out my front door at Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 6 years ago
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The pugnacious Eastern Kingbird

We regularly see the occasional Eastern Kingbird on our stretch of the Indian River over the summer months, but today (7th August) we were treated to a longer than usual visit of a family, made up of two adults and two offspring. They stayed around for a good part of Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 years ago
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A family group of crows?

We always have one or two pairs of American Crows around, so nothing special in that. I really don’t know how many constitutes a murder of crows but most unusually this morning (12 June) we had eight on the ground in our grassy riverside area – all very sleek, pristine, Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 7 yearsJuly 6, 2016 ago
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The curiousity of baby crows

My backyard crows managed to raise one fledgling this year. He seems to be a bit behind in maturity from the other crows I see. This is the first time he has come to the deck. I find baby crows so curious and clumsy. They investigate everything…learning how different plants Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsJuly 26, 2015 ago
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The American Crow’s way of saying “thank you”?

Interesting story….. My sister Judy and I both feed our local crows and both of us have had “gifts” brought in to us by our crows and left in the crow dish. At first we thought it was just an oddity…..but now we realize it was a thank you for Read more…

By Drew Monkman, 8 yearsMay 16, 2015 ago
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