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January 2012, Week 1

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Lila Ollmann <[log in to unmask]>
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Lila Ollmann <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Jan 2012 18:17:08 -0500
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Yes I experienced the same thing in roughly the same place as you did a
month or so ago! I was going to mention it on the list as I have NEVER seen
a flock of crows that large in my entire life, in person, picture.. movies,
anything! I was surprised  cars weren't swerving off the road.. It DID
remind me of the huge bat exodus's exactly! The whole SKY became filled
with crows, and not just one layer of them, but multiple layers! There had
to have literally been THOUSANDS of crows!

Lila Ollmann

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Anna Slack <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello Birders!
>
> As I was headed home on I-89 last night I noticed very large flocks of
> birds - or possibly one huge flock - trailing in a huge ribbon across the
> sky between the Dartmouth exit and heading on back toward the construction
> mess in West Lebanon.  Not being trained in such things I was curious to
> see if it would make mention on the listserv today - did anyone else
> experience this?  What were they?  It was quite impressive, it reminded me
> how entire caves of bats will fly in mass exodus into the night skies for
> feeding.  So much so, in fact, that I began to wonder if it was bats....or
> what could have possibly stirred up such a movement.
>
> Thanks for any info & please forgive if my terminology is not correct!
>
> Curiously,
>
> Anna Slack
>
> Programs Coordinator, UVLT
>

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