{"id":33585,"date":"2026-03-27T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?p=33585"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T23:35:36","slug":"solving-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-uw-bothells-crows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/27\/solving-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-uw-bothells-crows","title":{"rendered":"Solving\u202fthe mysterious disappearance of UW Bothell\u2019s crows\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">足彩app哪个是正规的\u202fUniversity of Washington\u202fBothell\u202fis known for many things\u202f\u2014\u202fand for some\u202fpeople crows are the first thing that\u202fflies\u202fto mind.\u202fFor the\u202fpast decade, the\u202fUniversity\u202fhas become\u202fheavily linked with crows\u202fdue to thousands of the\u202fbirds\u202f\u201ccommuting\u201d\u202fto the\u202fNorth Creek Wetland\u00a0to gather on the campus grounds before they\u202froost\u00a0in the nearby trees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UW Bothell students publish a yearly journal\u202ftitled\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwbcrow.com\/\">足彩app哪个是正规的 CROW<\/a>\u202f(Campus Research &amp; Observational Writings).\u202fOn campus you\u2019d\u202fbe hard\u00a0pressed to look at a noticeboard without seeing at least one poster\u202fwith a crow in the corner. (Even the writer of this article\u00a0has\u00a0a\u00a0UW Bothell\u00a0coaster on his desk featuring the\u00a0bird.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t visited campus\u202fin the\u202flast\u202fyear,\u202fthough, you may not know\u202fthat UW Bothell\u2019s days\u202fas the premier destination for\u202flocal\u202fcrows\u202fhave\u202fcome to an end.\u202fAs of early 2025, no crows have been coming to the campus wetland\u202fto roost.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-large-font-size has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;background-image:url(/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/33585/&apos;https:////www.uwb.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/03/Sky-filled-with-crows-at-new-Redmond-roost-1.jpg&apos;);background-size:cover;background-attachment:fixed;\"><blockquote><p><strong>Did you know? 足彩app哪个是正规的 oldest\u202fknown crow lived to be\u202fmore than\u202f60 years old\u202fin captivity.\u202fIn the wild, the oldest known crow\u202flived\u202fto\u202fage\u202f16.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A sudden drop in visiting crows<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to crowing on about his research,\u202fDr.\u202fDoug Wacker, associate professor\u00a0in\u00a0UW Bothell\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/\">School of STEM<\/a>,\u202fcan be forgiven\u202f\u2014\u202fhe spends his time studying\u202fcorvids, the family of birds\u202fthat includes\u00a0crows.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u00a0said\u00a0he\u00a0hadn\u2019t\u00a0planned to focus on crows\u00a0when he started working\u00a0on campus\u00a0in 2012.\u00a0But when\u202fhe noticed so many\u202fof\u202fthe birds\u202froosting on campus, he realized he had found\u202fhis\u202f\u201ccaw-ling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wacker\u202falso\u00a0thought\u202fthe crows offered\u202fthe perfect opportunity for undergraduate students to do easily accessible research, leading to a regular \u201ccrow count.\u201d\u202fOn one evening each year,\u202fWacker joined\u202fwith\u202fstudent researchers and community members\u202fto count the number of birds coming to campus, with\u202fparticipants\u202fstrategically placed in a ring around UW Bothell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u202fbegan\u202fseeing\u202fconsistent counts of more than 14,000\u202fcrows\u202fin 2016.\u202fThat number peaked in 2022\u202fwith\u202faround 20,000 crows\u202feach evening.\u202fAt that point, the sky turned black\u202fat dusk, when the massive\u202fmurder\u202fcame home to roost. Just one year later,\u202fhowever,\u202fthe crow numbers dwindled dramatically to fewer\u202fthan 10,000 crows.\u202fBy\u202fJanuary 2025,\u202fWacker\u202fsaid that\u202fthe number was reduced to\u202fzero.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Doug-Wacker-speaking-at-an-event-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A person speaking to a crowd.\" class=\"wp-image-33597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Doug-Wacker-speaking-at-an-event-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Doug-Wacker-speaking-at-an-event-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Doug-Wacker-speaking-at-an-event-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Doug-Wacker-speaking-at-an-event-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Doug-Wacker-speaking-at-an-event-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Doug-Wacker-speaking-at-an-event-at-the-new-Redmond-roost.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doug Wacker speaking at an event at the new Redmond roost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>足彩app哪个是正规的 case of the missing crows<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So,\u202fwhere did thousands of crows\u00a0go? Has there been a\u202f\u201ccrowpocalypse\u201d\u202fthat went unnoticed? Were the crows a\u202ffigment of\u202fthe\u202fimagination\u202fall along, like the\u202flegendary Sasquatch?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的 answer\u202fisn\u2019t\u202fquote so\u202fdramatic\u202fand unlikely to end up\u202fin\u202fan episode of\u202f\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 X-Files.\u201d\u202fWacker explained that many of\u202fUW Bothell\u2019s crows have\u202fsimply\u202fmoved to a new roost\u202f\u2014\u202fa spot\u202fin the rural fields of the Sammamish Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, a\u00a0researcher\u2019s work is never\u202fdone,\u202fand the solving of one mystery led to another for\u00a0Wacker: Why\u202fdid\u202fthe\u202fcrows move on?\u202f\u201cIt\u2019s not well characterized in the literature for them to spontaneously move.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he emphasized\u00a0that\u00a0while\u00a0the real reason\u202fmay not ever fully be known, he has a few theories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Habitat change<\/strong>: Wacker said that the campus wetland\u202fmatured\u202fsignificantly between the late\u202f1990s and 2025,\u202fwhen the crows left. It\u2019s possible it has grown\u202fto the point that it has become\u202fless\u202fsuitable\u202fas a crow roost.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Habitat\u202ftemptation<\/strong>: It\u00a0is\u202falso possible that\u202fthe crows just\u202fcouldn\u2019t\u202fresist their new roost. Wacker explained\u202fthat the\u202fsite\u202fin\u202fthe Sammamish Valley is another restoration project with younger trees they may\u202fprefer.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cackling geese<\/strong>: 足彩app哪个是正规的\u202fcrows may have been disturbed by thousands of cackling geese\u202fthat\u202fhave also been making the wetland their home. Perhaps the\u202fcrows\u202fdidn\u2019t\u00a0want to roost near such noisy neighbors?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Campus development<\/strong>: Wacker\u202fsaid\u202fthat the creation of new buildings (such as the residence halls and\u202fdining pavilion) in\u202fthe\u202fpast\u202ffew years\u202fmay have disrupted\u202fcrows\u202fthat\u202fwere pre-roosting in those\u202fareas.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Overcrowding<\/strong>: It\u00a0is also\u202fpossible\u00a0the\u202fwetland\u202froost\u00a0has become a victim of its own success, Wacker\u202fsaid.\u202f足彩app哪个是正规的 roost may have\u202fbecome so popular that the crows had\u202foutgrown it. 足彩app哪个是正规的y\u202fmay have moved on to\u202fthe\u202fSammamish Valley\u202fand other\u202fsites\u202fas the population of the group has grown.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>More than likely, Wacker\u202fsaid,&nbsp;this recent\u202fbehavioral change&nbsp;by&nbsp;the crows is due to a combination of\u202fall&nbsp;his\u202ftheories, rather than any one specific reason.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"background-image:url(/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/33585/&apos;https:////www.uwb.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/03/Crows-gather-in-trees-at-new-Redmond-roost.jpg&apos;);background-position:50% 14.000000000000002%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:contain;background-attachment:fixed;\" class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce683fc4f52dbb05a6e1e89f3c53ec42 has-background\"><blockquote><p><strong>Did you know? Crows are monogamous\u202f\u2026\u202fkind of. Male and female crows create a\u202flifelong\u202fbond, but genetic research has shown\u202fthey may\u202fnot\u202falways stay faithful.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Continuing to crow about crows<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite\u202fhis main\u202fresearch focus\u202fof\u202fcrows\u202fdisappearing from\u202fcampus,\u202fWacker has a sense of humor about the move. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的y\u2019ve just graduated,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u202falso\u00a0has\u00a0continued\u202fhis\u202fresearch\u202finto\u202fcrows\u202fwith his students in other neighborhoods around the region.\u202fOne area of research is the new Sammamish Valley\u202froost and\u202fthe size of\u202fthe population. Another\u202farea of research involves recording\u202fand studying\u202fcrow calls to\u202ftry\u202fto\u202fdecipher their meaning.\u00a0And the\u202fcrow counts\u202fcontinue.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\u202fall\u202fhis\u202fcrow\u202fresearch, Wacker is quick to\u00a0laud\u00a0the\u202fhard work\u202fof his undergraduate students. \u201cWithout\u202four student researchers,\u202fI wouldn\u2019t be here\u202fto\u202ftalk about crows, because they did most of the work,\u201d Wacker said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So now you know\u202fthe answer to the mysterious disappearance\u202fof the UW Bothell crows.\u202fIf somebody asks you whether there are crows still\u202fcoming to the\u202fNorth Creek\u00a0wetland\u00a0by UW Bothell, take a tip from another famous corvid: \u201cQuoth\u202fthe raven,\u202f\u2018Nevermore.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Crows-roosting-at-sunset-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"People watching crows fly.\" class=\"wp-image-33599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Crows-roosting-at-sunset-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Crows-roosting-at-sunset-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Crows-roosting-at-sunset-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Crows-roosting-at-sunset-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Crows-roosting-at-sunset-at-the-new-Redmond-roost-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Crows-roosting-at-sunset-at-the-new-Redmond-roost.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crows roosting at sunset at the new Redmond roost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty\u00a0expert provides his theories as to why crows no longer roost at the North Creek\u00a0Wetland\u00a0on campus\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":33595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,218,229,1],"tags":[],"school":[421],"class_list":["post-33585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-community-engagement","category-faculty","category-uncategorized","school-school-of-stem"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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