Hi Marc, Fish Crows are a year-round resident in Ithaca, and while in small numbers I guess that people view them as being not special enough to be mentioned on the listserv. Largely, they are reported from the lakeshore, but they do pop up in other places (last year, if I remember, there seemed to be a resident group around Triphammer Mall). I've mostly heard Fish Crows away from their typical haunts in the early fall, at least in my neighbourhood near Sapsucker Woods. To give you an idea of where the crows have been seen around Ithaca (including on campus) start with the following URL
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/fiscro?neg=true&env.minX=-77&env.minY=40&env.maxX=-76&env.maxY=45&zh=true&gp=false&mr=on&bmo=8&emo=12&yr=2012-2012&byr=2012&eyr=2012 and zoom in on Ithaca (I tried tweaking the URL to zoom in further, but at least in quick attempts that didn't seem to work). The URL is to a map of eBird sightings since August of this year. Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-72531675-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-72531675-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Devokaitis Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:01 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] fish crows on campus As I was walking past the A.D. White house this morning (7:30) I stopped to listen to a group of about 25 crows gathered together and talking noisily at the top of a tree (perhaps harrassing, but I couldn't make out a raptor from where I was). Based on the sounds I heard, there were 3 or more Fish Crows in the bunch. I'm new to the area, so I don't know how often they show up around here, but it occurred to me I haven't seen many (if any) reports of them since I moved here in August. Marc Devokaitis -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
