January 5 -- afternoon, from my office window

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The last pic in the previous post was taken at about 10 am.

This one was taken at about 2 pm.

I don't know if you can see the ripples.... They look very similar to ripples on the floor of the ocean, right by the beach. I wonder if they are caused by similar forces......

Looking out my office window, at the unfortunate new wing, with its enormous [whatever -- hvac thing?] on top.

One day in late December the crows determined that they would spend the night right around (and on top of) our building.

I watched as dozens of them landed on top of that metal thing, coming and going, as hundreds or thousands of them wheeled, close by, in the sky.  (It was too dark for pics, alas.)

When I went outside to walk home, many trees in the neighborhood of my office building were full of crows.  Interestingly, some trees, equally tall, had no crows.  The persimmon tree in front of the church on 4th Ave. had not one crow.....

I wonder why they gather, in their thousands, to spend the night in close proximity (but never touching, at least when it's still light enough to see them).

I wonder how they decide where to spend the night......

3:30 pm.

4:00 pm.

4:30 pm.

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