[NatureNS] evening crows pre-roosting and roosting locales

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Hi,

Jim, What you say is accurate, although the crow roost in Kentville used to
move around a bit - I remember huge numbers in the trees around our old
house in the west end of the town, and they moved one night when I hooked
up a recording of a Goshawk and blasted it at them through a loudspeaker.
Last Fall and this, I have noted huge numbers in and around the fields nest
to the 101 close to Berwick, and I know they have been a problem in the
town there as well, although I think they're more dispersed around that
area than they used to be in Kentville. When they were a problem in
Kentville, I used to do the east end of the town on the Christmas Count,
and for a few years would stand on the Cornwallis Connector at about 5pm
and count approx. 20,000. Then they just stopped coming.

Re: wailers, local fruit and grape farmers use them in the Kentville and
Canning areas in Summer to try and discourage birds of all kinds. So it's
not uncommon to go for a summer stroll around here and hear a non-stop
concert of Barred owls, Red-tailed hawks, Peregrines etc. in the orchards.

Richard

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 7:51 PM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>wrote:

>  Although the trees on Boot Island off ne. Grand Pre are rapidly being
> lost to erosion of the seaward side (rate is being measured by CWS as they
> do their surveys of colonial birds every other May?), long ago the crows
> abandoned their long-time roost on Boot and many of them moved to downtown
> Kentville and the area around Kentville Hospital (Valley Regional).  The
> town had a difficult job of dealing with them, and the numbers quoted were
> often "40,000", which happens to be the maximum that Randy Milton counted
> on Boot Island using good survey techniques (which, as far as I know, were
> never used for the Kentville crows).  Someone in Truro? had invented and
> marketed the Phoenix Wailer, which was designed to play recorded calls of
> whatever to scare away pest wildlife, such as various birds etc. from
> grapes in vineyards now.  The only trick was that the Wailer would result
> in the crows changing their roost by a few or several blocks, so that the
> Wailer would have to follow them around to continue to be effective.  I
> well recall the massive amounts of guano from the pre-roosting and roosting
> crows in downtown Kentville near the movie theatre in those years.
>
> After Kentville, I recall the crows seemed to use Coldbrook for several
> years, but I think most recently many of them have been in Berwick (and
> Aylesford too?).
>
> Who can add to or correct what I have written?
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *andy dean <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>
> *Date: *November 3, 2011 6:18:29 PM ADT
> *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> *Subject: **[NatureNS] Crows evening flight path*
> *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
>  We may be outdated with our observations, but the Valley crows used to
> head to Boot Island near Grand Pre to roost.
> We live on the western edge of kentville and notice all the evening crows
> now flying in a westerley (approx) direction.
> Where do they roost these days? Anybody?
>
> Andy and Lelia Dean
> 86 Baden Powell Drive
> Kentville, N.S.
> (902) 678-6243
>
>
>
>
>


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Hi,<div><br></div><div>Jim, What you say is accurate, although the crow roo=
st in Kentville used to move around a bit - I remember huge numbers in the =
trees around our old house in the west end of the town, and they moved one =
night when I hooked up a recording of a Goshawk and blasted it at them thro=
ugh a loudspeaker. Last Fall and this, I have noted huge numbers in and aro=
und the fields nest to the 101 close to Berwick, and I know they have been =
a problem in the town there as well, although I think they&#39;re more disp=
ersed around that area than they used to be in Kentville. When they were a =
problem in Kentville, I used to do the east end of the town on the Christma=
s Count, and for a few years would stand on the Cornwallis Connector at abo=
ut 5pm and count approx. 20,000. Then they just stopped coming.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Re: wailers, local fruit and grape farmers use them in =
the Kentville and Canning areas in Summer to try and discourage birds of al=
l kinds. So it&#39;s not uncommon to go for a summer stroll around here and=
 hear a non-stop concert of Barred owls, Red-tailed hawks, Peregrines etc. =
in the orchards.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3=
, 2011 at 7:51 PM, James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px =
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word">
Although the trees on Boot Island off ne. Grand Pre are rapidly being lost =
to erosion of the seaward side (rate is being measured by CWS as they do th=
eir surveys of colonial birds every other May?), long ago the crows abandon=
ed their long-time roost on Boot and many of them moved to downtown Kentvil=
le and the area around Kentville Hospital (Valley Regional). =A0The town ha=
d a difficult job of dealing with them, and the numbers quoted were often &=
quot;40,000&quot;, which happens to be the maximum that Randy Milton counte=
d on Boot Island using good survey techniques (which, as far as I know, wer=
e never used for the Kentville crows). =A0Someone in Truro? had invented an=
d marketed the Phoenix Wailer, which was designed to play recorded calls of=
 whatever to scare away pest wildlife, such as various birds etc. from grap=
es in vineyards now. =A0The only trick was that the Wailer would result in =
the crows changing their roost by a few or several blocks, so that the Wail=
er would have to follow them around to continue to be effective. =A0I well =
recall the massive amounts of guano from the pre-roosting and roosting crow=
s in downtown Kentville near the movie theatre in those years.<div>

<br></div><div>After Kentville, I recall the crows seemed to use Coldbrook =
for several years, but I think most recently many of them have been in Berw=
ick (and Aylesford too?).</div><div><br></div><div>Who can add to or correc=
t what I have written?</div>

<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin for=
warded message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top=
:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face=3D"Helv=
etica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#0=
00000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"fon=
t:12.0px Helvetica">andy dean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca"=
 target=3D"_blank">aadean@ns.sympatico.ca</a>&gt;</font></div>

<div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left=
:0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1=
2.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica"=
 size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica">November 3, 2011 6:18:29 PM ADT=
</font></div>

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:0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font:1=
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ize=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebuc=
to.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div>

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ca" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Crows evening =
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<font face=3D"Arial">We=A0may be outdated with=A0our observations, but the =
Valley crows used to head to Boot Island near Grand Pre to roost.</font></d=
iv><div><font face=3D"Arial">We live on the western edge of kentville and n=
otice all the evening crows now flying in a westerley (approx) direction.</=
font></div>

<div><font face=3D"Arial">Where do they roost these days? Anybody?</font></=
div><div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"Arial">And=
y and Lelia Dean<br>86 Baden Powell Drive<br>Kentville, N.S.<br>(902) 678-6=
243<br>

</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial"></font>=A0</div><div><font face=3D"A=
rial"></font>=A0</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquot=
e></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>#################<br>Dr=
.R.B.Stern,=A0=A0 <br>

P.O. Box 300,<br>Port Williams,<br>N.S., Canada,<br>B0P 1T0<br>Richard Ster=
n, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.co=
m" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>###################<br>

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