Why you're seeing more Crows in San Diego

In the early 1980's, the common Crow came as far south as Carlsbad and could be found in East County.
"They weren't in the metro area of San Diego or near the coast. Since then, they've completely filled in by the late 1990s," said Phillip Unit, the Curator of Birds and Mammals at the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Now, jump ahead to the San Diego Bird Atlas from 1997 to 2002.
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[@rome7704]

I am the first one to work at Target plaza Bonita at 3am. The parking lot and trees are full of them. They swarm at sunrise and go on their way

[@magesalmanac6424]

Are you sure those aren’t starlings or grackles? Those are more likely to crowd in parking lots.

[@rome7704]

@@magesalmanac6424 100 positive

[@CloudC13]

Same, on my way to work I pass plaza Bonita. I always see them in the parking lots and by the grass near Outback Steakhouse.

[@Leadslinger619]

Wtf 😂 i just saw this comment after commenting the same thing, but I would see them before the sun went down like they were prepping to go to sleep. Right at the south entrance but that was back in 2001 😂

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Creepy

[@voiceofraisin241]

I remember talking to my mom years ago. She lives in Denver and she also commented on the rise in crow population.

[@ATRTAP]

Same here in Seattle, they’re flying around in large flocks. Something’s up.

[@guycore5478]

This isn't only in San Diego. It has happened in Los Angeles, too.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Where are those Parrots and where did they originally come from?

[@streboret]

@@optimusprinceps3526 Escapees from various people.

[@drunvert]

Here in Palos Verdes, crows have taken over. As a kid , there were jays, dove and seagulls. Only a few jays now. No seagulls ( fishing industry left)

[@optimusprinceps3526]

In Ocean Beach we have two talking Ravens

[@mprkg]

I live in Carmel Valley near Del Mar. Every April, tons of crows arrive on my street. It's a nightmare. They screech, and jump around on the roof and chimney. Why is it every April?

[@LuisDiaz-lp7zz]

He comes back every 23 years that's why so many crows 😂

[@aspcia]

My cat enjoyed watching this with me. Love crows, but I had to try and keep them away from a nest that was beneath my roof eave. 😢 I finally heard the baby birds chirp only to see a crow go at the nest the next day. Scared the crows away a few times, but I never heard the babies chirp again.

[@travisk4215]

Ah, the conundrum of animal compassion... 🤔

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

Over in my area hundreds of them group up at least once a year. Pretty spooky, looked like thousands.

[@MarshallArtz007]

Crows are smart, fun, and full of mischief. I enjoy their antics. ❤️🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛❤️

[@youtubecarspottersguide1]

very. smart and they know good people ,I feed them toast crackers

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Heckle and Jekyll 👍😃

[@dude1393]

They are all over my neighborhood in Scripps Ranch

[@flynnstone3580]

I remember building stairs in all the homes in Scripps Ranch in the early '70s along with all the other towns we built then like Mira Mesa, Tierrasanta, La Costa, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Vista, and Ramona. The construction of these towns was booming back then. We made lots of money.

[@rudychavez4569]

Here in the Bay Area peninsula,they’ve invaded the area in the last 5 years and driven out the song birds we used to have.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Kind of like the homeless did to the residents?

[@MunicipalSka]

2006-2018 I remember seeing insane amounts of crows, but since then I haven't seen as many.

[@MunicipalSka]

Still very common tho, but it's probably less because I'm not in Chula Vista as much anymore.

[@batvette]

Crows are actually pretty evil to the native bird population

[@ShonnMorris]

This species, the American Crow is believed to be the most numerous or second most numerous crow species in the world. The other numerous species being the Carrion Crow of Europe.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

i prefer the crows over the Amazonian birds that used to invade our almond tree, some i think were smuggled in from South America decades ago.

[@rkm5369]

Reminds me of the movie " The Birds" Alfred Hitchock , creepy.

[@christinepontecorvo5449]

That's what I said ...because this really big property with a motor home and house always has tons of crows hanging out ...Yikes. they are crows g loudly THE BIRDS

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Remember when that girl with the glasses fell trying to escape the birds from the playground, and her glasses broke and the birds started pecking her?

[@arcie3716]

Recently moved away and hearing them gave me instant nostalgia 😭😭😭

[@robertjensen1048]

I'll bet most people who love crows have no idea how many songbird nests are raided by them. Crows constantly eat other bird's eggs and babies. They are voracious feeders and killers. And they're tremendously overpopulated in SoCal. In fact, we could lose easily HALF of them overnight with no adverse impact to the ecosystem. A more level-headed state(e.g Texas) would hire professional hunters to cull their numbers. But I'm sure CA will do the precisely wrong thing, and allow these birds to multiply out-of-control.

[@iblong9505]

Ya California sucks. Don't live here.

[@Sam-oo6wy]

I had birds that would sing every morning... Then crows came by and took them all out...now all I hear is crows

[@13Voodoobilly69]

I routinely see them eating from other birds nests in Santee. They also hunt hummingbird nests.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

I saw a flock of Crows at Ft Rosecrans cemetery at a funeral the other day

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

In SF, too!

[@BeautifulOaks]

Why has the seagull population decreased along Southern California coast?

[@markalbert9011]

I want to know what happened to the crows and ravens in Mendocino and Lake Counties two hours north of San Francisco. When I moved here 29 years ago they were everywhere and many called them a nuisance, now they are essentially gone. Fair to say most birds are gone. Very seldom hear a hawk, haven't seen an osprey in years, you never see swarms of starlings which were once as common as crows. We no longer have to protect our vegetable garden against small birds, the grape growers who used to use preventative measures lose so few grapes to birds it's cheaper to let them feed than dissuade them . This is happening in an area that runs from the Pacific Ocean to California's Central Valley. Whatever's going on I'd take the annoying crows back any time as long as we got the rest of the birds too. Especially the hawks. LOVE that screech

[@nadogrl]

Perhaps the fires wiped out their nesting areas?

[@RoseNZieg]

I noticed that there are significantly less English sparrows when I visited northern California. even the striped head sparrows were hard to come by. fortunately the jays, larks, and hummingbirds are as common.

[@gregv123]

Coyote of the sky

[@kimnenninger7226]

I live in Southern Arizona...please send our Ravens home.

[@guzeferd1]

There used to be a lot more seagulls on the coast. Where did they go?

[@TheCornBanana]

Out competed by crows?

[@E.P.1]

I usually see seagulls bullying crows over any food on the ground. Also, crows love to pester hawks when they are in flight. Crows don't adhere to the fair fight 😂

[@IsaiahJones-fc7rd]

You must live under a rock if you think there's no seagulls at the coast anymore 🤦 I don't get you people

[@haven_lady675]

I like crows

[@batvette]

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[@astargmoneynevaendz999]

The crow are wondering the same thing

[@JoseRomero-lp2cu]

Plant native plants that feed diverse amounts of native birds

[@mikeclow7153]

Flocks of crows cawing loudly in San Diego like in trees telephone poles and flying and also a pack of dogs barking in houses, yards, and animal shelters

[@BonzaiLupin]

A flock of Crows is called a murder

[@altruism8637]

your comment doesnt make sense lol

[@foxtrot-oscar-f2u]

..neither does Thoreau🤔but like the metaphor!

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Where's the Parrots nowadays?

[@foxtrot-oscar-f2u]

@optimusprinceps3526 ...still making movies, Telegraph hill area San Francisco

[@RedTapeMacheti]

If people are asking this question.... you guys aren't hitting it!

[@pierceaero3005]

A Rose Canyon murder of crows began tracking me about then when they fed on what I put out for the song birds. They would swoop my windows and track me to the La Jolla Colony shopping center if I didn't put that saucer of stale bread crumbs out. Grocery shoppers saw them walk beside me to the door. I played along and told them they were peeking at my paintings on the easel through my window and that not the breadcrumbs affected their behavior. I once saw them take a pigeon from a Red Tail Hawk over the Nobel bridge at I-5. Fierce sight! The huge tree by the water they were in fell. College years were over. Everyone moved on. 😊

[@LPM147]

Same here in south OC. BTW, has anyone seen a raven? They're massive!

[@Themanisred]

Crows are naughty

[@gladysalvarez9849]

Not to long ago i was in the backyard with my sister and we heard alot of squaking we looked up and we saw a huge migration of crows fill the whole sky , it was the most beautiful thing we have ever seen

[@Leadslinger619]

Sorry but they have always been around, plaza bonita mall, along the 805 the trees were all black in the afternoons when the sun was setting from the thousands of crows on them, that was in 2001

[@ericvlasenko760]

Bad omen for SF

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Like the vagabonds

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

That bird expert should host a KZbin channel!!

[@L.Spencer]

Hardly ever see pigeons anymore.

[@MrBrixey-s6j]

Good Pigeons are the worst much prefer Crows.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

@@MrBrixey-s6j here-here, but i'll still keep my distance from the like they're as diseased as the pigeons.

[@ericstandefer9138]

Or mockingbirds. Crows are cradle robbers. They will rob nests of live hatchlings.

[@IsaiahJones-fc7rd]

​@@MrBrixey-s6j you're a disgusting human being smh

[@mistermylo8607]

Businesses poison the pigeons because they leave 💩on the sidewalks

[@LorettaGallagher-gv1zx]

Hundreds in flocks in Chula Vista area, change of season movement.

[@Casitascrawlers]

Their was a study done about common animals like frogs lizards other birds etc. & the Crows are wiping out all of them out something Ned’s to be done to get rid of how many they are you can’t go anywhere without seeing crows anywhere in CA.

[@amyutah1934]

Cats are also impacting the environment. It'll be to late to fix it because people think cats have some weird right to roam. But dogs don't.

[@Casitascrawlers]

@@amyutah1934 cats are making a big impact on killing other animals as well they had a National Geographic documentary on average house cats & how they effect the environment but a lot of the animals disappearing isn’t good because it sets of a chain reaction when the number of species is being reduced so much.

[@usa2342]

Same here in PDX.

[@SchondorfEnt]

That's the definition of murder

[@BabyBoomersDoomer]

They love raw peanuts

[@88clit]

Good sign love SD!

[@justme5923]

A sign of famine

[@podcastfan2544]

Love those crow crows

[@_ac_7649]

well thats nothing to crow about

[@thedoog0106]

More food for the Haitians

[@enriquevillanueva4571]

Ooooooo hellllll nooo la vista cementeri is full every 1000 aroun 6:30 pm. Is beautiful

[@SusieSanDiego]

Plaza Bonita !!! :)

[@WebDesignSocal]

The crows are here to eat our flesh after we all get killed in WWIII.

[@MarshallArtz007]

Good point! 🤪

[@americanadventureoutdoors4213]

Well crows and ravens are smart . They can since death in the future! They are preparing for a feast ! This is not the first time they have showed up for that very reason !

[@stargazer5073]

Crows or ravens????

[@marisol033]

Crow hate anything that rings … bells…I bang my wind chime hard when they come tooclose with there noise… they are smart….they first take a look at who it is and then fly off… they really hate bells

[@paddyoak1]

It’s another ominous sign of the end times

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Like the two talking crows in OB

[@DefensisIndus]

Came to SD for 33 degree latitude line 😂 'met on level, part on the square' bla bla bla, upper astrals and lower astrals

[@mbc86xl]

There's so much murder in San Diego 😢

[@SHerit-q3v]

I love those birds

[@frankthetank4101]

Counting Crow's

[@magesalmanac6424]

Crows are intelligent, well adapted to urban environments.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Two in a flock in Ocean Beach can talk

[@joelombardi4484]

My favorite Crow was Jim Crow lol

[@BanneroftheSun]

This ain’t nothing new they’ve been here for decades. Just depends on where you live in SD

[@streboret]

Ever see mocking birds harass crows? Crows then harass ravens and hawks. I suppose they are protecting their young. When I lived in Costa Mesa, the crows would fly west over my house at sunset and east after sunrise.

[@JayTee2985]

Itachi Uchiha is being reborn.

[@annabelle1471]

apocalypse

[@Zamix69]

What is the schizophrenic algorithm I’ve got?

[@perezsan1]

Gods probably getting ready for the big feast.

[@reececlark4753]

Good birds

[@shipwreck8847]

Those two dead crows next to him are just creepy while he does his interview.

[@amyutah1934]

Now do a more in depth story about the impact cats are having on our environment. Birds, rodents, insect, etc. are being decimated by pet cats and feral cats. In Australia people hunt them. Dogs aren't allowed to wander so why are cats? The TNR (trap, neuter, return) programs do not work. It's been 20 years and they have not made a dent.

[@missiletm]

❤

[@benjamin48th]

Those are ravens not the common Crow

[@magesalmanac6424]

Those are crows. Ravens don’t caw, they croak.

[@mistermylo8607]

Maybe getting ready to take care of all the bodies after Armageddon

[@byrdmain7511]

try looking outside.

[@mariasoto170]

They are beautiful creatures, and look enchanting when they fly by my house!!!!😊

[@IsaiahJones-fc7rd]

You're a strange to person to like a crow that much smh way better birds than a crow 😂😂 you people are weirdos smh

[@nomorefreedom6040]

the worst part is their 💩

[@aintthatthetruth69]

The Haitians will love it here with all these birds!

[@optimusprinceps3526]

"they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets..."

[@pjsavagejr]

These birds are OK. It's the ones from Baltimore that I cannot stand

[@WheresMyMotivation]

Jeepers creepers

[@samuelg3586]

It's a sign of the APOCALYPSE

[@keithwilliams5600]

The Crows 🐦‍⬛ like the pleasant SO-Cal weather 🌤️👍! 👏💪🙏

[@danamanley2152]

I love crows, but they have diminished the local bird populations, they eat the babies and eggs.

[@haven_lady675]

Because it's almost spooky month 😁

[@flynnstone3580]

They had no choice but to leave Springfield Ohio 😋

[@Folgers333]

So the Scarecrow that got a reward for being outstanding in his field, failed us?

[@PelosiStockPortfolio]

There werent so many crows like this when Trump was president

[@paulmann8570]

Remember what a group of crows is called. I’m on their side.

[@Michael-lj6yh]

The witch's 🧹 have been leaving.