FreeLists / tn-bird / [tn-bird] Nashville crow roost

[Frank Fekel <fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In Nashville my winter drive home is normally a bit after sunset.  At
that time the drive is spiced up by hundreds if not thousands of crows
coming to roost.  The crows have been using the same roost for a number
of years.  It is in trees next to I-40 on the west side of town after
the I-40 -- 440 split and just before one arrives at White Bridge Road,
a place where the traffic often slows to a crawl.  Two weeks ago I
was surprised to see that the roost had moved about a mile closer to town,
as one drives out of town on the west side, and is before the I40--440 
split.  I know that roost sites change from time to time, but after
seeing it in the same place for so many years it was still a surprise.

Bellevue yard birds:
Had a Pileated Woodpecker test some of the trees along the Harpeth River
a few days ago.  Always a nice yard bird visitor.

A single White-Crowned Sparrow continues to come to my feeders with
the White-throats.


Frank Fekel
Tennessee State UniversityA
Center of Excellence in Information Systems
330 10th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203

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