Many of those crows winter around here. One of the largest wintertime flocks in North America roosts in the trees at Pensacola State College. They fly off to the regional landfill, about fifteen miles away, each morning and feed during the day. Then they start heading back an hour or so before sundown. Their flight path is fairly close to Interstate 10, and if you're driving down that highway at the right time, you'll see an unending string of crows a hundred yards wide. Then, when they get to their roosting are,a they circle around the trees waiting for the day to end before bedding down. I've seen those swirling masses of crows so thick that they block out the sun.

Ironically, their chosen roosting area is in one of the most highly developed areas of town. The college's campus is sort of an oasis where they can roost, but the airport adjoins the campus on the east, the area's largest shopping mall is to the south, and the road on the west side is basically a three-mile long strip mall. Why the crows chose to roost in what seems to be an ill-suited spot, given that there are acres and acres of open forestland much nearer to their feeding grounds, is a mystery.