Crows

The crows are a Hitchcockian reality in Galesburg, making possibly more noise than the trains with their nervous cries, blacking out portions of the sky as hundreds fly overhead, and generally making you apprehensive every time you walk past the courthouse. In the fall, Standish Park is home to thousands of crows, and their guano builds up in tall piles.

A speaker with a recording of a bird-of-prey has been installed across the street from the courthouse, periodically screeching to drive away crows and causing even more noise.

They also die a lot, and sometimes you see them lying around.