Wendy

I thought this section was very interesting and maybe... MAYBE why they inherited the hated name for a group of  crows ...could it be , that this behavior was witnessed by Europeans hundreds of years ago and hence the namesake? Unfortunate , yes...Do we know all the reasons or if a crow actually did this since it was not witnessed ? No :) Although I would suspect ,that if crows are smart enough to figure out ways to eat food when they are hungry, they would be just smart enough to know how to ‘off’ one who was in the way( whatever way that was).

We see in October through approximately February , different large flocks, some of different birds in our neck of the woods.   I’ve seen snow geese thousands of feet in air in flocks fly over (super amazing) along with sparrows and all types of black birds...starlings too here in Collierville TN . ( Shelby County , TN). I tried uploading a huge, undulating flock of birds but it didn’t work....I was sure  at time they were grackles but now I’m not sure. Large cornfield area at dusk .....it was beautiful . Like watching a  large school of  fish underwater ....   I’m a pretty avid bird watcher ,  Sky watcher...... I seem to see most  of any type of birds here , foraging at or close to  dusk....   We live on a small lake area that allows for us to witness birds of many types , water fowl, birds that hunt fish, and since we back up to a natural green grassy space , we see foragers and many ravens and crows ....it’s amazing:)