More Eagles

MossRoad · Mar 6, 2009

kthompson said:
Not a defender of nor was user of DDT but are you sure it is that simple? Food supply has to be part of it. Is it possible we are also seeing them more as there is less woods and more houses in more places to notice such? I have no doubt there are much more geese in my part of the world for a few years ago there was none and now they are getting to be a pest. But on the geese, beavers are the big reason here for the increase of geese, they flooded acres upon acres of woods where they thrive as does now wild hogs and coyotes (Not native). At same time the small animal farmer is going away due to laws and cost providing habitat to some of these.

DDT was building up in their food supply and thinning their egg shells, causing them to break. Peregrine falcons met a similar fate. Now there are many breeding pairs.

RobS · Mar 6, 2009

MossRoad said:
While you're at it, get some shots of the 15,000 crows that roost near your work every evening.

I should, they sure have taken plenty of shots at me! The other morning, our parking lot was literally covered with their "litter". So far, my car has escaped the bombardment.

Egon · Mar 6, 2009

Hey, those are my crows on a winter vacation!

Do not harm them. They keep the bugs down in my summer field!

RobS · Mar 6, 2009

Egon said:
Hey, those are my crows on a winter vacation!

Do not harm them. They keep the bugs down in my summer field!

You can have 'em Egon. MossRoad wasn't kidding about the number of them. The other morning I was walking in to work and I could hear them in the trees of a park behind our building. Large, mature trees. It was just beginning to lighten up for the morning and there were so many crows in the trees it looked like they were in full summer foliage. And the noise is almost deafening. I think they've moved on finally, haven't noticed them for the past couple of days. Spring may finally be on the way, the cardinal has been singing outside my window. Much better than crow calls!

MossRoad · Mar 7, 2009

Every morning they fly out around 7 to points unknown. Then about an hour before sunset they start coming back. They move a few blocks each night. The other night I thought they were going to stay in my back yard. I went out and whistled real loud, they all took off, I started laughing, then they all turned around and came back right at me!

Man were they loud!!! I ran inside.