Reply #30: I saw crows do the exact same thing in California. Very strange.

[Throd]

I was getting out of my car to go to work when I heard a loud explosion. A crow had been electrocuted by a transformer atop a power pole. It was still hanging to a wire by one foot. Within a few minutes there was a steady stream of crows converging on the scene from every direction from miles away. About ten minutes later there were a few hundred of them perched on the power lines around their dangling comrade. About a half hour later they had all scattered. It was surreal.