[Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark

[daupperlee at comcast.net]

Alas, nevermore. Actually, the first raven I ever saw was when I was a teenager hiking in Shenandoah National Park just a few hours south of western Maryland. Oh how fun it is that birds factor into some many areas of our life. 5 NFL teams have bird names for mascots.

Don Aupperlee

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Santoni <dougsantoni at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 2:16 PM
To: Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com>
Cc: daupperlee at comcast.net; Tweeters <tweeters at uw.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark

Ravens (the ones with the wedge-shaped tails) are actually quite uncommon in the Baltimore area, but more regular in the Maryland mountains a couple of hours to the west.  The football team is named for the eponymous raven in the Edgar Allan Poe story.  Poe lived in Baltimore for a while.

Doug Santoni
DougSantoni at gmail.com


> On Dec 19, 2023, at 2:09 PM, Dan Reiff <dan.owl.reiff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 

> Hmmm…

> I recorded the game. I will check to see if they have wedge shaped tails.

> Dan

> Sent from my iPhone

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>> On Dec 19, 2023, at 12:22 PM, daupperlee at comcast.net wrote:

>> 

>> It's possible that they were the Baltimore Ravens scouting the game.

>> 

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Dan Reiff

>> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 11:07 AM

>> To: Tweeters <tweeters at uw.edu>

>> Subject: [Tweeters] Crows flying during the fourth quarter of the Seahawks game last night, well after dark

>> 

>> Tweeters,

>> During the great Seahawks game last night, I was surprised to see several crows flying above the field And within the stadium during the latter part of the game.

>> It’s the first time I’ve seen crows being active well after dark.

>> I was watching the game on TV and at one point, there was a three second video shot-by a drone above the stadium-of the field. The crows were flying  from the left to the right within the stadium.

>> Not sure if they are Seahawks fans, or if a group has learned to be active later than usual in the daylight-like stadium, to take advantage of large quantities of dropped, very expensive, high calorie foods.

>> Dan Reiff

>> Sent from my iPhone

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