At war with the Crows (coop, damage, quiet)

[grouse789]

Is there a large landfill near you? Many times those attract crows in large numbers.
Fun fact, they make interesting pets if you somehow came across a baby crow. They also have the ability to speak just like parrots.

[intok]

Whistler tip bottle rockets, with or without report(will they explode or not) work very well with crows, they're very intelligent and social birds and once scared away will tell the other crows not to go to your area again.

Wear a mask though, they are able to communicate the description of your face and this could result in crows in your neighborhood dive bombing you.

[mainebrokerman]

if the flock is that size.....keep doing what you are doing..


i feed some wild-life out in my yard,,,and the crows of course will come after it too..

i dont mind them as much now as i use too,,,kinda interesting watching them....(only 3-4)

years ago i would buy the fake owls to ward them away ...of course that didnt work,,,but interestingly enough,,,they do not like balloons with strings,,,,it freaks them out....

i drew faces on a balloon and it kept them away even when i was feeding other wild-life

[Kracer]

Originally Posted by roadrat

Anyone else ever have to deal with a huge flock of Crows landing in trees around there house, I'm talking about 5 or 600 hundred maybe more.
Last night my house, garage, cars, street, and driveway was littered with thousands of poops, Not only poop, they managed to knock down hundreds of small branches and several very large ones .

They came back again tonight but my son and I have managed to scare them off using firecrackers and roman candles, gonna check again for them in an hour.
May have to stand watch all night.

This means War......



RR

what's going on the in the neighborhood that might attract so many crows, assuming the crows suddenly showed up?


we see them heading from landfills in evening to roost and towrd landfills in the early am.


which way do your crows travel?

[Maine Writer]

I've seen huge, eerie murders in Lewiston. It seemed to go on for miles. This is called winter roosting. They'll travel up to 50 miles a day for a reliable food source and come back to roost together. Winter roosting typically happens in urban and suburban settings because of reliable food. They're courting now and will spread out to start building their nests in March and April. I've been hitting the panic button on my truck to disperse the mourning doves that insist on perching there. I guess now I'll be grateful it's a hundred small doves rather than 500 crows.

[roadrat]

Originally Posted by Kracer

what's going on the in the neighborhood that might attract so many crows, assuming the crows suddenly showed up?


we see them heading from landfills in evening to roost and towrd landfills in the early am.


which way do your crows travel?

This flock(Murder) is quite common in the lew/Aub area, they gather every winter, They seem to roost in various neighborhoods, and cause a horrible mess.

RR

[NEBeachcomber]

I suspect there is a food source nearby.

I recall a time when a single crow found something edible in my neighbors trash barrel. After it ripped the plastic bag open it began to "caw" and attract other crows. The other crows did the same calling as well. Within 30-45 minutes there were so many crows (appx. 200-300???) in the trees and on the nearbyfences that I would have had to think twice about going outside.

I looked around to see if Alfred Hitchcock was filming a remake of "The Birds".

[inthetrees]

Originally Posted by intok

Whistler tip bottle rockets, with or without report(will they explode or not) work very well with crows, they're very intelligent and social birds and once scared away will tell the other crows not to go to your area again.

Wear a mask though, they are able to communicate the description of your face and this could result in crows in your neighborhood dive bombing you.

Problem is, for some dumb reason bottle rockets are not legal here, even though reloadable mortars and roman candles are. The nearest closest state that has them is PA I believe.

[roadrat]

Originally Posted by inthetrees

Problem is, for some dumb reason bottle rockets are not legal here, even though reloadable mortars and roman candles are. The nearest closest state that has them is PA I believe.

I really don't get the bottle rocket ban, that being said the roman candles and fire crackers did the trick, the crows have not come back.


RR

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by NEBeachcomber

I suspect there is a food source nearby.

I recall a time when a single crow found something edible in my neighbors trash barrel. After it ripped the plastic bag open it began to "caw" and attract other crows. The other crows did the same calling as well. Within 30-45 minutes there were so many crows (appx. 200-300???) in the trees and on the nearbyfences that I would have had to think twice about going outside.

I looked around to see if Alfred Hitchcock was filming a remake of "The Birds".

the few crows i have around my house...... somewhere along the line have learned...if they caw and attract other crows.....they wont eat as much or get bullied away,,,so they keep quiet...

they will also try to store some food for later,,

on one of the nature shows on crows,,,they said ...crows can remember up to 12 places of storing food for later.....


on one of the snowstorms i threw out some scraps...they got snowed over this was a different place than normal far from it.....and it was dark ..no crows around,,,the scraps got snowed over by a few inches.....

no other animals was going after it,,,then i saw two crows walk over and dig in the snow to these scraps.... no indentations in the snow...
they seem to know they were there ..... smart birds