Sunday, November 28, 2010

Early to bed. If you're a crow.

Sunset (4:30 PM; the days are short now) from Lee Valley Tools, at the bottom edge of Vancouver:

Tree lace against pink and blue sky

There's a drift of crows just at tree height.
 The whole time we stood there, a flock of crows was passing by, coming in from the coast on their way to the Stillcreek area, where thousands of crows always roost at night. I counted by fives as fast as I could; after about twenty seconds, I gave up. I had reached 80, but I'd missed a few.

40 crows.

A Skywatch post.

4 comments:

  1. Hi, beautiful pictures.. i love how looks the sky at this time.. 45 waw!

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  2. I love crows and the huge rook roosts we get in Wales. In soma areas tens of thousands will gather

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  3. The color of that top lacy tree photo is superb!

    And I don't think I've ever seen that many crows together at one time.

    My sister and I spent 3 days at the beach where we got rained on, blown over by the wind, snowed on, and finally a few hours of sunshine.

    I had a "Wanderin' Weeta moment" when I found a jellyfish washed up on the beach and stopped to take close up pictures. I'll be posting about that soon! So ... thank you for the inspiration!

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  4. Gracias, DS.

    Mark, I'd love to see that! I don't think I've ever seen a rook.

    Clytie, one day I am going to go to Stillcreek at roosting time, just to get a photo. The number of crows is unbelievable; every tree is black with them!

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