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02-03-2010, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Westerly Beaches
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A couple of the towns I've lived in have had huge crow concentrations; once they take up residence, there's not a thing you can do about it except learn to live with them. About 20 years ago, Westerly, RI had a flock of between 1,000 and 2,000 that would sometimes roost in back of my house. They were fairly quiet at night, but at first light, they'd start with the bickering and squawking. Sounded like Thanksgiving Eve at a turkey farm. It was like living in an Alfred Hitchcock movie, except it went on for years. People tried everything from screaming at town council meetings to waving dead crows around to tossing firecrackers to putting fake cats on their lawns. All it did was give the crows a good laugh and move them down the block until the fuss died down; then back they'd come. Nothing worked, and people tried everything there was to try. All they accomplished was proving that the entire town of Westerly couldn't outsmart a bunch of critters that had brains the size of peas. I had the good sense to leave town, but from what I heard, the crows stayed. For all I know they're still there. Hope so. They weren't any harder to get along with than most of my other neighbors.
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02-04-2010, 06:27 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Being a Raven
i spook all my crows.....
the minute they start squawking in the big tree's
i go out on the deck and crow right back at them
and off they go.....
they enjoy chasing after owls and hawks
because theirs no foliage to hide them and the birds of prey
are quite vulnerable.... at this time of year......
as they are the crows and Raven's only natural enemy
so if you went over to a "wood lot" a quarter mile away
and set up a recording of a hawk or owl fight with crows
you'd draw them over there like it was MAGIC....
Last edited by Raven; 02-04-2010 at 06:28 AM..
Reason: dupe
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02-10-2010, 11:47 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NYC
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Can't we all just get along??
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02-10-2010, 12:18 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Crow
Can't we all just get along??
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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02-10-2010, 01:23 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
i spook all my crows.....
the minute they start squawking in the big tree's
i go out on the deck and crow right back at them
and off they go.....
they enjoy chasing after owls and hawks
because theirs no foliage to hide them and the birds of prey
are quite vulnerable.... at this time of year......
as they are the crows and Raven's only natural enemy
so if you went over to a "wood lot" a quarter mile away
and set up a recording of a hawk or owl fight with crows
you'd draw them over there like it was MAGIC....
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Maybe you could advertise this as a service Raven. |
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03-19-2011, 05:55 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Maybe you could advertise this as a service Raven.
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03-19-2011, 06:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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murder of Crows
most people don't know that they are one of the few bird species
that actually hunt their prey in unison using a group strategy ,the same as wolves
and it probably evolved by crows observing wolves and imitating them.
they have a strategy that is extremely intelligent as they have figured out how to push an animal such as a rabbit right into the claws of some other crows waiting to Ambush then they share the carcass.
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03-21-2011, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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I get a kick out of watching the crows harrass a hawk.
You would think that the hawk wouldn't back down, but the crows are relentless. They will take turns attacking, like wolves or hyenas, so that there will always be one attacker that will be able to strike freely.
And of course you might think that the hawk could seek refuge in amongst the tree branches, and you'd be wrong! The crows can manuever through branches at high speeds. The crows are pretty much the bullies of the bird world.
When a crow comes to your bird feeder, it may feed if you are using corn kernals or peanuts, otherwise they may have follwed their prey and stopped when they noticed other birds in the area.
Although we don't get them in large numbers, you can definitely hear them when they roost. I particularly like their "clicking" sound (it was used in "Jurassic Park for the veloceraptors.)
Heck, I saw a opossum Saturday night while out looking at the full moon. Man, that thing was HUGE, but at least it wasn't a raccoon or a skunk.
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03-21-2011, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Holyoke, Ma
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I always found that a 20 gauge took out a crow perfectly
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