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Crow populations have soared over the last couple decades. They, along with starlings, a Euro introduction, tend to roost up during the cold weather but should spread out during the upcoming breeeding season.
Other birds hate crows and will attack them if they are anywhere near nesting birds so I'll bet they will soon disperse.
FWIW fish crow have an awk, awk call, while common crows sound like the classic, caw, caw, caw.
Crow hunting used to be popular way back when because in large groups they tend to do a lot of crop damage. Predators on song birds as well. Garbage and dumps foster huge crow populations.
Had a pet crow many moons ago and he was very personable and loved to hide shiny items in between the garden bricks. Left him in the garage for one afternoon and he moved a bag of nails from one side of the garage to the other, one by one. Show him a dime and he would grab it and run off to hide it.
Crows are some of the most intelligent birds and social birds. They raise their young as a social unit-aunts and sisters look after young. I happen to love crows. Please don't poison or shoot them. They aren't invading your home, you don't need to be a Rambo to the crows.
you'd be surprised of how many people own guns in North Jersey. I'm not talking about people in the slums of Newark, I'm talking about nice upper/middle class families in Morris/Essex County.
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call the cops, and ask the cops to use they're weapons to shoot all the crows. that's what my neighbor did. everyone on the block got pissed off at him though, and the homeowner's association told him to get the hell out.
NJ fish and wildlife lists the crow as a game bird with a season from August 5 thru March 16th. Oddly enough you can only hunt on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Quite a ways back US fish and wildlife made a deal with Mexico and signed a law to protect all birds belonging to the family corvidae. That turned out to be an Oops, when it was later pointed out that crows belonged to the corvidae family. that part was then ammended to allow crows to be hunted.
So they are a protected species and considered a game bird.
There are some songbirds like euro house sparrows and starling that have unprotected status.
Armadillos got the nickname, Hoover hogs, during the last depression as it was then deemed fine dining relative to the administrations economic policies.
Then there was, "let them eat cake".........hmm, we are subject to cyclic historic events where only the clothes style changes....
I wouldn't mess with crows. They are highly intelligent and can identify faces of people. They will remember you if you mess with them and take retribution. Unless they are eating your farm animals, I'd leave them alone, for your own safety.
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common crow or are they fish crows
