10 goldfinches at my feeder this a.m.  Haven't seen them since late
fall.   Is it the snow, the warmer temps or the sun?  Anyway, a treat
to see them.

If anyone would like to see the Burlington crows gathering at night,
they have been gathering in the area of Prospect Parkway/Glenn
Road and Shelburne Road everyday between 4:30 and 5:30.
Twice I counted over 1000.  If you park on the first block of
Prospect Parkway from Shelburne Rd.  you should see them come
in.  One night I stayed out to watch them leave.  They left gradually
in 6 large groups, all heading generally northwest though some
groups were closer to the lake than others.  Yesterday, 80 gathered
on the corner of Prospect Parkway and Shelburne Road at 1:40.
That is unusual, I wonder what prompted that.  About the same
time, I noticed the wind pick up; perhaps the storm was moving in.
It felt a bit eerie.
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