I went to the stream near the entrance of Centennial Woods. I observed American crows flying toward the University. This is a new area of Centennial Woods than the one I visited in my last post.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1say-24h9X_jTvK4AI4JmFUgRzn9b43oy (this is a link to audio recordings of the American crows)
I did not use the iNaturalist app. Other than a husky (the dog breed), American crows were the only wildlife present in the area that I could identify. I did not initially know what species of bird I saw. To identify them, I went back to my dorm, researched birds in the Burlington area, and listened to various sounds. American crows sounded the most similar to my audio recordings. The birds were also black and American crows in my research were black, so I figured, based on these observations, that this was the bird. I did not identify or elaborate on the husky because it is a domestic animal and its owner was close to it.
Something I think is interesting is that they were flying toward the school while airplanes were taking off. They could have been doing this because the sound of the airplane was too loud and the fact that airplanes look like giant futuristic birds, so they could have been scared.
Crows are symbols of wisdom, adaptability, transformation, and death in Western cultures. I have started a new hobby, which is being part of the crew team/club on campus. I have never done this before and am having mixed feelings about it. I think seeing crows means that the universe is aware of my new interest and may be looking out for me for things to go well with it.