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Index of Subjects > I've never heard of this in my area of Cape Breton (St. Peter's.) Crows are common year-round. Billy This week I heard an episode of Stuart McLean's Vinyl > Cafe. The opening lines of the story entitled "Springhill" caught > my attention. The story begins in Big Narrows, Cape Breton, in (I > think) 1958. A man hears and then sees a crow, and regards it as a > harbinger of spring. Is this likely? > > I know that in my native Manitoba, crows are migratory, and > it used to be the case that outside of Winnipeg, they were not seen > in winter. My mother used to recall how when she was a girl growing > up in Brandon, the sight of one was a sure sign of spring. This has > been changing: The Birds of Manitoba (2003) says that crows are > "uncommon but increasing in winter in the south", and they are "among > the earliest spring migrants to return". It also notes that in the > "last few decades , it has become more at home in cities and > towns"... With the exception of the Winnipeg Count, most CBC's in > Manitoba report crows only in single digits. > > But were crows ever so rare in winter in Cape Breton that > they were regarded as a sign of spring? Tufts' Birds of Nova Scotia > (1986) says only that they can be "uncommon to rare in interior > wooded regions, especially in winter". Has this been changing in > Nova Scotia, too? > > Patricia L. Chalmers > Halifax > >
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