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Article: CROWS HAVE GROWN BOLDER AROUND HUMANS IN CNY.(Stars)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2004
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Byline: Benjamin P. Burtt Contributing writer
Dear Ben: These days I have crows in my back yard under my feeder. Years ago I saw them only in the distance at a road kill. Are they less wary now? - K.M., Nedrow.
Dear K.M.: Indeed they are more tolerant of humans today. Several things have happened.
There are more crows in the state. Some of them live and nest in urban areas where they never lived before.
They have always gathered to roost together in a patch of woods on winter nights. However, the big change is that many of these roosts are now in towns. There was a huge roost a few miles south of Auburn in 1911 and it was still ...