18 January 2025

Crow news has been coming fast and furious in Pittsburgh this week.

On Wednesday I posted an update (Crow Update, mid-January) even though I didn’t know where they were roosting.

On Thursday many of you responded with your own sightings including this video from Lyndsay Krut on Mt. Washington.

Then Friday morning the crows became famous when Pittsburgh photographer Dave DiCello happened to run through their morning staging area and posted his video on Facebook and Twitter. Dave DiCello Photography has 160,000 followers on Facebook. His post went viral.

That was Friday morning.

Friday evening Crow Patrol member Carol Steytler followed crows to the roost and found out they are drawn to Science! — specifically to the roof of the Carnegie Science Center and nearby trees.

Notice them on the roof edge in Carol’s photo.

Watch Dave DiCello’s morning video again and you’ll see them silhouetted against the base of the glowing eMotion Cone. Dave also took a daylight photo.

You know it figures: I have a million wintry #Pittsburgh images to share, and then I see a murder of crows this morning and end up sharing that image instead. While it was a bit creepy, I was fortunate to capture a unique view of a crow landing with PPG Place in the background. pic.twitter.com/hjTm0CV7zj

— Dave DiCello (@DaveDiCello) January 17, 2025

So now we know the crow map looks like this. Pink is morning, orange is evening, and that circle of pink and orange is the roost.

Thank you, everyone, for your sightings.

It’ll be interesting to see what the crows do this coming week as Pittsburgh experiences extreme cold with temperatures down to -9°F and wind chills as low as -25°F. And they have to sleep outside. Brrrr!