{"id":36748,"date":"2026-03-19T15:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/?p=36748"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:57:34","slug":"tracking-bothells-crows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/news\/2026\/03\/19\/tracking-bothells-crows","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Bothell\u2019s crows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bothell is no stranger to crows. For many years, the UW Bothell campus has been known to house tens of thousands of crows from late summer through early spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent times, however, there seems to be less crow activity on campus; UW Bothell reported that by Jan. 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/about\/crows\">there was little to no evidence of continued roosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Douglas Wacker, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been studying the Bothell crows since 2012. Now that the crows have relocated to Redmond, his research is turning to a less-studied question: why do crows choose to relocate their roosts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of changes to the Bothell campus and that might have disrupted the crows,\u201d Wacker said. \u201cOr perhaps the roost developed in a way that was less suitable and some of them happened to move, and the others followed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the crows and their move from UW Bothell in the stories below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UW Bothell, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/27\/solving-the-mysterious-disappearance-of-uw-bothells-crows\">Solving\u202fthe mysterious disappearance of UW Bothell\u2019s crows<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Seattle Times, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/eastside\/where-did-uw-bothells-crows-go-its-a-murder-mystery\/\">Where did UW Bothell\u2019s crows go? It\u2019s a \u2018murder\u2019 mystery<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lynnwood Times, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lynnwoodtimes.com\/2026\/03\/14\/bothell-crows\/\">Bothell\u2019s sky fills with thousands of crows each night, perplexing researchers<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>KUOW, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuow.org\/stories\/why-did-thousands-of-crows-abandon-their-roost-in-bothell\">Why did thousands of crows abandon their roost in Bothell?<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW Bothell has historically been full of crows, but times have changed. 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