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Excerpt from San Mateo Excerpt from San Mateo County Times/Aaron Kinney, 1/8/12, "Counting crows: Number of black birds on the rise in Bay Area."... "No one knows for sure why Bay Area communities are becoming overrun with crows, but experts point to several factors: a mild climate, lack of predators, and abundant food and nesting sites that humans have provided for them.
Human development has fundamentally altered the regional landscape over the past half-century. Marsh and scrub have given way to suburban sprawl, much to the delight of crows, which prefer a mix of trees for nesting and grassy areas -- not to mention sidewalks and Dumpsters -- where they can search for food. With such an abundance of resources, crows need less territory to thrive, boosting population density.
"We have transformed North America into an Eden for crows
with a nearly perfect arrangement of nesting and feeding habitat," says
John Marzluff, one of the world's leading experts on crows, in his 2005
book, "In the Company of Crows and Ravens." Full article...
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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