Date: 1/28/26 11:30 am From: leslie selden <lesliekromselden...> Subject: Re: [IN-BIRD-L] [External] Mostly yard birds, Monroe Co
Thanks-that is all new info to me and interesting
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From: Greene, Terri B <tgreene...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 2:25:58 PM
To: leslie selden <lesliekromselden...>
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Subject: Re: [External] Mostly yard birds, Monroe Co
Hi, Leslie,
The crows aren’t seasonally migrating. They roost on the IU Bloomington campus and I’m told at a few other places around town during the winter. They head out in the mornings to feed and return to town in the evenings to roost together. I live south of the campus, so I often see them heading southward in the early a.m. and then northward in the late afternoon. A friend who lives near campus told me that she and her husband have counted over 1000 individuals streaming by in what they call the “crow show."
Terri
On Jan 28, 2026, at 1:03 PM, leslie selden <lesliekromselden...> wrote:
When opening the window blinds on Monday morning, I noticed the crow stream passing over, flying from the east and heading south to southwest. I started counting individually, but quickly switched to counting by 10s. After 5 minutes or so, I had witnessed 580 crows passing by.
All birds reported below were seen or heard from my home.
Terri Greene
South of the Bloomington Indiana University campus
Jan 26, 2026
Mourning Dove 51
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 580 Continuous stream for approximately 5 minutes, coming from the east and heading south to southwest. Counted by 10s.
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 6
Eastern Bluebird 1
House Sparrow 17
House Finch 3
Dark-eyed Junco 11
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 14
Jan 24, 2026 7:57 AM
Cooper's Hawk 1
Jan 21, 2026
Mourning Dove 30
Turkey Vulture 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 108
House Sparrow 13
House Finch 1
Dark-eyed Junco 7
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 14
Jan 17, 2026 11:06 AM
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Jan 11, 2026
Mourning Dove 29
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 15
Eastern Bluebird 2
House Sparrow 21
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 1
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 5
Jan 10, 2026 4:32 AM
Eastern Bluebird 2
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Jan 9, 2026 11:50 AM
Black Vulture 1
Jan 2, 2026 12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Eastern Bluebird 3
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 3
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 1
Dec 28, 2025 2:08 PM - 2:38 PM
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 80 Large flock circling around—landing in lawns, trees, parking lot and then returning to the air
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 6
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
These reports were generated automatically by eBird v3
