I don't know what they are after. But every year in later November and into December, these huge flocks of crows spend a couple weeks raking every inch of the grass for something in the Philly area. Hundreds of them in a small area. Something must scare them because they fly en masse into trees. And then they almost immediately begin flying down to the ground again. And when the fly down, they look like small Dementors or piercing black rain drops. It's really the most beautiful thing when the sun hits them while they do this. I'd rather watch them than work.
The most beautiful murder of crows is in my yard right now
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 21, 2023 12:41 PM |
If you feed them they'll bring you trinkets.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 20, 2023 6:35 PM |
Get back to work, nature boy.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 20, 2023 6:40 PM |
You going to die.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 20, 2023 6:55 PM |
Crows are very smart and remember faces. Don’t mess with them! Be nice & feed them and they will be nice to you!
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 20, 2023 7:02 PM |
I prefer badlings of ducks and parliaments of owls.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 20, 2023 7:44 PM |
I don't think those are crows you are seeing.
It sounds like they are grackles. They are black and swarm in huge flocks that do a sort of aerial ballet. We have them in South Jersey.
Crows are not very agile.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 20, 2023 7:53 PM |
A plague of grackles
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 20, 2023 7:56 PM |
Grackles are noticeably smaller than crows.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 20, 2023 7:58 PM |
Those are not crows! They’re buzzards! They are murderous! Run for your life, bitch!
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 20, 2023 8:05 PM |
A wake of buzzards
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 20, 2023 8:09 PM |
Seagulls follow me around, I have to run from my car to the door.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 20, 2023 8:10 PM |
Buzzards aren't interested in you if you have a pulse.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 20, 2023 8:10 PM |
Pay attention to R13, OP. Those buzzards are going to dive bomb you right in the groin.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 21, 2023 2:37 AM |
grackles like graxy
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 21, 2023 2:42 AM |
[quote]grackles like graxy
who doesn't?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 21, 2023 2:43 AM |
[quote]r8 A plague of grackles
Didn’t Karen Grackle play Ma on Little House?
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 21, 2023 3:01 AM |
Melanie Daniels must be close. Watch out for the tall slim blonde in a medium green suit who rarely smiles
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 21, 2023 4:00 AM |
I swear I heard a crow say “cock! cock!”
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 21, 2023 12:41 PM |