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We have a large crow population here in Orange County, CA. Every late afternoon around sundown I see dozens, even hundreds of crows flying inland (east). Where do they go and where do they roost for the night?
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That's funny that you mentioned this. Every morning around 6:45am, my son and I see a murder of crows head west for the day. My 4 year old tells me that they are going to the mall to do their holiday shopping. We see them heading west in the evening to roost in a large wooded area by the highway and it's sooo noisy. Crows are pretty interesting birds. I like how they have sentries to survey the area before the rest of them come to settle in. If they spy a hunter, they communicate this information to the rest of the flock and avoid that area. Pretty smart.
from food to roost in the evening. Noisy eh?
Crows and other members of the crow family often roost in large colonies.
There wont be enough food for them all right next to where they live, so they disperse during the day. Then, in the evening, they all return home at the same time.
We have a rookery (colony of rooks) at my grandparents. Its in a bank of tall trees set in woodland next to a river.
Look around your neighbourhood for banks of tall trees, sometimes with straggly nests in them, and thats likely to be where the crows go.
Interesting fact- The collective noun for crows is a murder; ie a flock of sheep, a murder of crows.