Good morning,
I commute 2-3 days/week from Auburn, NH, to the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell where I am curator. (I throw this in here only because the current exhibit titled "Animalia" has several art quilts with birds in starring roles!)
Often from now through the winter on my drive home along the Merrimack River and up I-93, I will see huge flocks of crows heading to the winter roost phenomenon in Lawrence, where tens of thousands of crows gather. On Saturday last, I stopped just before getting on the highway in Methuen as I noticed a large number of crows streaming southeast. From the parking lot where I stopped and counted for maybe just 10 minutes, I counted close to 400 birds. I'm a newbie to birding, so for once, they came in streams of 10-15 birds, and I found I could easily count many groups of 5. I'm learning!
I hope to take the time one late afternoon soon to detour into Lawrence on my way home. I've heard it's worth the trip.
Pam Weeks