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

[Max Kingsbury]

I was surprised by bird silhouettes at the end of the broadcast, but I had
assumed they were the notorious "field gulls <https://www.fieldgulls.com/>"
that like to pick over the leavings after the crowd heads home.

-Max

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 2:16 PM Doug Santoni <dougsantoni at gmail.com> wrote:


> 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

> >

> >> 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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