Another winter. Another congregation of crows in Terre Haute. The city continues its annual struggle to cope with an influx of thousands, and often tens of thousands of American crows, from their October arrival to their March departure.
Crows make tools. Understand stoplights. Mate for life. Hold funerals. Remember a face. And wreak havoc on our cars and sidewalks.
What are crows saying when their loud cawing fills a dark winter’s evening? Despite the inescapable ruckus, nobody knows for sure. Birds congregate daily before and after sleep, and they make some noise, but what might be happening in those brains is a mystery.
ITHACA, N.Y. — If you've been in Ithaca any evening this winter, you've likely heard the eerie sound of thousands of crows overhead filling the winter sky as they head to their roost for the night in the south of the city.
Chicago Tribune | By Joan Cary, Special to the Tribune | January 26, 2013 In this Vermilion County town [...]