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I don't hate crows but they must be controlled and other things protected including ourselves
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I have seen a flock of crows kill a foal being birthed by a valuable mare who was blinded by the crows and had to be put down; I have seen calving cows have there calves killed by these things and in the little village I live in in QLD I have heard reports of a man being attacked and a pram while mum was in the local shop thank goodness she had a fly sheild on the pram or they could have hurt the baby. Another lady had her tiny dog attacked it is so wrong and the laws need fixing quick smart! The crows have gone from occupying 2 large trees near our community hall at night to all of them! Is Alfred Hitchocks movie the birds going to be reality for there are more crows in this area now then people etc and as a terminally ill person I would like to enjoy my garden without the noise or knowledge of these things; there has to be a regular culling every where or somehing because like man has stuffed things up in the balance of things the crows aren't far behind and they are getting heiniously brave and it is scary! For the love of all that's good some one wake up the rule makers because something has to be done- I love most of Mother natures creatures but the crow is not one of them. Everything has a balance and by banning the culling of these creatures the balance has been upset-I consider myself a decent person but enough is enough Pminxy.
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anyone with ideas for the robins and babies, while we go camping?
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We have Robins and their 3 babies. We also have a big dog..who will sit outside and nobody will come around. *He's friendly" but Crows don't know that.We bought a hanging bushy plant to hid their nest which is built ontop of our outdoor back light fixture. I have seen Crows and one Magpie come near..and I was ready to act, with a broom. These robins trust us. Any suggestions from anybody as to what to do, when we go away for the upcoming weekend?
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Those are pretty weak tips. I notice they did not mention a BB gun.
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And ugly.
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Janiebuilder
Nov 14, 2008
Try aluminum Pie plates tied from sting. This works in cherry trees and other fruit trees as well. The spinning action and the shiny sparkling of light helps keep them at bay. This keeps those nasty flocks of blackbirds that eat your new lawn seed at bay as well. Owls are only good to keep garden snakes at bay. -
Mareelyn
Sep 11, 2008
Our neighbor used a bright spotlight on them. After about 10 days they moved on. mareelyn
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George Sommers
Jul 20, 2008
Karen, I applaud your advocacy of nonlethal methods of dealing with "nuisance wildlife". Too many people share the attitude of our friend "Cops....247." Wildlife is getting crowded out of existence because there are too many people. Frankly it's unfortunate that the "nuisance people" in this world can't be shot and tied to poles. (Just kidding, sort of.) -George
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Copsblow247
Jun 26, 2008
A law protecting crows is a stupid law and no one is going to enforce it. Shoot one and tie it to a pole. They will not come around it.
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hipunkydoodle
May 27, 2008
I use one of those super soaker style squirt guns. It holds a lot of water and the high velocity spray shoots to the top of my tree or to my back fence to scare them off. It's easier than keeping my hose at the ready, and it's quite satisfying when I can surprise them and scare them off.
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sohailgagai
Oct 03, 2007
well there is a family of crows living at the treess besides my bedroom balcony , and they always comes there from 5 am till 3 pm , making my life meserible , what should i do , pls help .... should i kill them with my shot gun or poison them , pls help me , how to poison them , pls pls help me they are killing me . they are 4 crows.
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Ginger Toepfer
Jul 03, 2007
Well I have one crow that is a real stubborn thing. He just will not leave, it is so sad that the rooster that lives down the road does not go off untill 7am. I have read all of your comments and will try them all, thankyou very much sincerly Ginger.
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Aug 28, 2006
If these are legal in your state, and you are not standing in brown dried out grass, bottle rockets work great for scaring away crows. They really hate a bang up at the top of the tree where they are roosting. I found that scaring them when it is still light is a waste of time...they just return later. Wait until about 5 minutes before sunset, you can tell the exact time because the crows will be roosted but still chattering in the trees. Then BANG, flood of black fills the sky as they flee. I moved to CA and here bottle rockets are illegal. I instead use a long 18 inch wooden ruler and a cardboard box. Change boxes every few weeks so the crows do not get accustomed to the sound. I finally can sleep in past 5:30am...when they would all decide to chat about their day before taking off.
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Aug 08, 2006
If you leave the nest they will just return. If you remove the nest early in the season they might build another elsewhere. Some birds have pleasant, albeit loud, calls or sounds which you can learn to ignore or enjoy. Others make sounds that are more grating than an alarm clock. I am sure that the person who said you should love the noise would not put up with an alarm clock going off right outside their window every morning. I'm not advocating wholesale slaughter of birds, but removing a few nests is reasonable. I've read a number of sites that stress how much more effective it is to catch the problem early. You can use simple scare devices and the birds are less invested in returning to that territory. As for the birds near the dump bringing germs into your children's' environment, I'd put the kids' health first: scare them away if you can. Shoot them if you can't.
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Jul 21, 2006
Birds were stripping my sweet corn. I got a bunch of grocery bags and slipped them over the tassels of my corn. When the wind blows the bags flutter and make noise, which in turn keeps the birds out of my corn! You can also slip socks over the end of the corn.
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Jun 30, 2006
I have heard that hanging the body of a dead crow in a neighborhood tree works. Where you get that is another issue. But what does scatter them, for at least a while, is slapping your flip flop sandals together very hard. That smacking sound will give you a few hours peace.
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Nov 22, 2005
Crows aren't nearly as noisy or pesty as we humans can be. Learn to love them for their intelligence and beauty and your "problems" with crows are solved. What they take consider nature's tax. It's about time she got something back from us.
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Nov 22, 2005
While clapping your hands is a good idea, sometimes it isn't loud enough for those pesky birds. I like to use an empty cereal box (throw the bag away first) with a wooden spoon or spatula. I take the spoon and hit the box which makes a fantastically loud noise and scares away the birds.
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Nov 22, 2005
It can sometimes be a pretty good task to try and remove these wonderful birds from your home or property. The minute you have an attitude that these animals are nothing but a pest and a problem, is the minute where it will start to get under your skin. (If it already hasn't.) First you need to find out what exactly it it, that is drawing the birds to your yard. Is it lawn bugs, abundance of worms, readily available food, like dog Food, even bird seed. Once you have found their food source, remove it. If there is no readily available food source for the crows, black birds, or starlings, then they must have a roosting site somewhere. This can make it more of a problem due to the territorial nature that they will show toward kids, adults, and even dogs. Whatever you do, do not knock down the nest. Maybe if you were his neighbor, and he did nothing but annoy you, you could go and bulldoze his home down. The birds won't like having their home destroyed. If all else fails, contact an animal control specialist for tips. Please, don't kill them, destroy their nests or anything of that nature. Be the smarter creature instead of the more ignorant one. Use loud sounds to scare them away, use your dog, not your gun.
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Nov 22, 2005
I discovered this by accident, but I have used it on purpose many times. Use a camera flash (of the type you can take off the camera). Just let it charge up, point it toward the birds, close your eyes, and let it flash. The birds will take off, sounding like a rumble of thunder. They soon return to roost again, so whoever is most persistent (you or the crows) wins.
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Nov 22, 2005
A good solution to getting rid of crows is to put balloons in the garden.
