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June 12, 2010 at 3:40 pm #595163
WorldCitizenParticipantAnyone know a good way to deter crows from hanging around? We have a old, beautiful, very tall (~150 ft) tree in our back yard and they seem to love it. I love birds, but crows are a different breed… verry annoying.
June 12, 2010 at 5:14 pm #696354
johnnyblegsMemberMy neighbor has a large tree. I was outside all day one day and a crow perched in it. All day long it was crowing…and crowing…and crowing. Very annoying. Tried clapping my hands loud like a gunshot…Nope. I wished I had a bee bee gun, just to scare it off a little. Next day was gone. Don’t know why. Frigging buggers.
June 13, 2010 at 6:46 am #696355
tanyar23ParticipantI think that part of the solution to some of our larger problems is to remember that we are not the only ones in the world. I’m sure there are birds/animals who think we are pretty annoying. Maybe the pelicans in the Gulf of Mexico think so.
June 13, 2010 at 7:34 am #696356
EmmyJaneParticipantTanyar- couldn’t have said it better. I was talking about this one with my hubby tonight (because the crows can be loud here too). Although they can be annoying, I try to remember that us cutting down their trees to build our house and doing all our other humanly things is probably pretty annoying to them.
Growing up in Idaho, we had woodpeckers peck a hole in the side of our house to nest in our attic. My parents put up an inflatable owl to scare them away. Ironically, the owl deflated and hit against the side of the house in the wind, making a sound just like, you guessed it, a woodpecker pecking at our house. Still makes me laugh.
June 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm #696357
anonymeParticipantCrow populations rise and fall in direct correlation to human settlement. If it weren’t for the mass amounts of tasty waste discarded by humans, they wouldn’t be here.
Crows are extremely intelligent and entertaining to watch. As raucous as they may be during the day, they are quite respectful of the noise ordinance – which is more than I can say for several of my neighbors. There is no more dangerous, loud, diseased, wasteful, and overpopulated species on earth than Homo sapiens.
June 13, 2010 at 2:13 pm #696358
SmittyParticipantPellet guns seem to work quite nicely.
June 13, 2010 at 5:48 pm #696359
herongrrrlParticipantLoud crows in mature trees are very likely a sign of other wildlife using the tree, like owls or raptors. Next time you hear the crows, take a good, careful look up into the tree branches and see what else is there. In my experience, the crows aren’t loud in large groups for long periods without reason, and that reason is almost always some other species they consider to be threatening to them or their young. I’ve gotten to see a lot of beautiful birds of prey by paying attention to what the crows and other corvids (like Steller’s Jays) are doing.
June 13, 2010 at 6:33 pm #696360
herongrrrlParticipantAnd coincidentally, I just found this about Seattle crows: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/210558.asp
June 14, 2010 at 3:22 am #696361
B-squaredParticipantHerongrrl has a great point. crows of led me to many species of raptors that i would never have noticed. I will take the crows anyday over the incessant barking dogs/mowers/weedeaters/edgers and traffic.
June 14, 2010 at 4:12 am #696362
datamuseParticipantAlso, this is fledgling season so the crows are being louder and more aggressive than usual. They’ll calm down a bit soon.
June 14, 2010 at 4:56 am #696363
karenParticipantCrows help me to keep my chickens safe. When I hear a bunch of crows I always check and there is usually something they are chasing. Currently we have a bald eagle that sits in a tree near our house. The crows usually give me an early warning that I need to put the chickens in!
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