[CT Birds] Fish Crow question

[Clay Taylor]

Hi all -

When I was personally keeping Eastman Kodak in business back in the late 70s 
and early 80s by shooting lots of film at Great Island, Old Lyme, the Fish 
Crows were numerous - maybe more so than American Crow.    A few years ago I 
had one calling from the trees behind the 7-11 in Moodus, and about a year 
later, I heard and saw one flying over my house (about a mile away). 
Moodus is certainly not a metropolitan center, but we do have dumpsters.   I 
will have to keep my ears open to see if we have a regular population here.

Clay Taylor
Moodus, CT
ctaylor at att.net



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "greg hanisek" <ctgregh at yahoo.com>
To: <David.F.Provencher at dom.com>
Cc: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Fish Crow question


>I think Patrick's observations are a microcosm of what's been going on. 
>Fish Crows have been on the increase for more than a decade, moving from 
>almost strictly a coastal population to a larger inland presence. They've 
>established breeding strongholds in urban areas such as Meriden, Waterbury, 
>Torrington (I think), and at least farther south (Newtown, Watertown) in 
>some more suburban areas with shopping strips and lots of dumpsters.
>
>  The move also seems to have been west-east, as well as north-south. They 
> seem to be more commonly encountered east of New Haven now than in the 
> past, although I think there's been a popultion in New London for awhile. 
> When I first started hawk-watching at Lighthouse Point they were quite 
> uncommon there even though they were conspicuous on the West Haven side of 
> the harbor. The last couple years they've been quite vocal at Lighthouse 
> during the fall.
>
>  They seem to have spread through the state via the river valleys and then 
> settled in around population centers. They're nesting in the center of 
> Waterbury and are present year-round, but they are somewhat migratory as 
> well. I've noticed several reports in the past month of groups of birds, 
> which probably involve short-distance migrants moving back into the state 
> or inland from the coast.
>
>  When I lived in NJ near the Delaware R the return of migrants in early 
> sping was noticeable.
>
>  Greg Hanisek
>  Waterbury
>
> David.F.Provencher at dom.com wrote:
>
> My travels taking my daughter to school and picking her up again take me
> passed the Lisbon Landing shopping mall. Last night and again this morning
> a very vocal tight flock of roughly 20 Fish Crows were gambolling above 
> the
> mall area. I do not remember seeing this many Fish Crows inland in one
> place in CT before. They may well represent birds dispersing northward,
> don't know. Does anyone have any insight on the status of Fish Crows in 
> the
> interior of CT? Greg perhaps?
>
> Also saw my first Osprey this morning in East Lyme at the head of the
> Niantic River where Rte 1 crosses. I personally have not seen any on the
> Millstone Station platforms yet.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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