Pigeon Roost Creek was named for the many passenger pigeons that once roosted there. This species fed on insects and roosted in tree hollows and decaying vegetation. There Aswatthaman saw a baniyan tree roosted with crows in the night. At their peak some 22,000 grey-headed flying foxes roosted in the Palm Grove and Gardens. The bats roosted under a fuel tank and incinerated the test range. It roosted in caves, in areas where little light penetrated the gloom. He later roosted on a building on Fifth Avenue across the street from the park. The London Clan roosted at a country estate called Knight's Spur.