If I may chime in: because our crow families do have known territories, and families include unbanded birds, it would be great to have anyone finding an UNbanded dead crow in the Cornell Campus-Cayuga Heights-Sapsucker Woods-Airport areas text or email Kevin or me before disposing of it entirely. We can use tail shape, molt, etc to infer which bird it might be, and potentially connect a missing family member with the death.
And these days of August-September, our crows travel widely, off territory. Not all our banded crows have tags….these do come off. So a tagged crow SHOULD have bands, but a banded crow might not have tags. Please check those legs before chucking, in any area. Thanks from the CRG researchers! Anne Anne B Clark 147 Hile School Rd Freeville, NY 13068 607-222-0905 anneb.cl...@gmail.com > On Aug 1, 2017, at 7:37 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Do they call at 5 in the morning? That's what my local crows do. I love > crows, as most people know, but I'd rather they weren't so vocal so early. > > Just a note on the crow breeding season this year. Good number of breeding > families after a big hit from West Nile virus in 2012&2013. Earliest ever WNV > positive deaths this year, but not much since the first of May. But, now is > the traditional time for WNV to hit hard, the hot days of late summer. We > know that WNV is here, so the state isn't too interested in testing crows or > other birds that you might find dead in your yard (just bury them). But, if > it's a dead tagged or banded crow, please, please do let me know. We (the > Crow Research Group) are still trying to track death and survival of crows as > best we can. > > We tagged this year's cohort with orange tags with black letters. Some people > seem to be seeing the tags as red, so be open for that. Any sightings would > be most appreciated. > > Best, > > Kevin > > > Best, > > Kevin > > From: bounce-121694030-3493...@list.cornell.edu > <mailto:bounce-121694030-3493...@list.cornell.edu> > <bounce-121694030-3493...@list.cornell.edu > <mailto:bounce-121694030-3493...@list.cornell.edu>> on behalf of Geo Kloppel > <geoklop...@gmail.com <mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 5:08 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hungry youngsters! > > Lots of hungry young birds around, but I especially feel for this fledgling > Broad-winged Hawk, whose wails are not only piteous (all Broad-wings sound > that way to me) but also right in my ears, because the bird favors the trees > that shade my workshop. > > Most years the Broad-wing fledglings take up begging stations several hundred > yards away, overlooking secluded Maple Avenue, where their parents hunt, but > this year is different for some reason... > > -Geo > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Cayugabirds-L Subscribe, Configuration, and Leave Instructions > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > www.northeastbirding.com <http://www.northeastbirding.com/> > Cayugabirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and Leave . 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