Tens of thousands of the black birds have made themselves at home in North Capitol Hill.
Decades ago, residents of North Capitol Hill decided it was time for an image change. The neighborhood, which is bounded by Broadway, Ogden Street and Park Avenue from Colfax to 20th Avenue, had a reputation as a dangerous place where late-night fights at bars were a common occurrence. So neighbors rebranded the place in the mid-1980s, adopting the name"Uptown." It stuck.
But another name for this section of Denver might be more appropriate these days: Crowtown. Along the 1700 block of Grant Street and just a few blocks to the north in Benedict Fountain Park, crows run the neighborhood. It's difficult to tell if these crows are composed of two separate murders — the scientific term for groups of the birds — or if there is just one murder that alternates between the trees at these two locations. Whatever the case, tens of thousands of crows now call Uptown home.
While the birds are recent transplants to the neighborhood, they've already made a big impact — defecating all over cars, sidewalks, park benches and streets.Colorado Public Radio"I have hurriedly parked my bike under those trees a few times and used up all my parking luck, possibly forever. One night — election night — two staffers learned that the worst of the damage happens in the dark, which resulted in two car washes each.
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