Damn crows. We hate them. When we first moved into our place 6 years ago there were a couple dozen crows that were here every day.
The Gulls didn't like them at all and we weren't fond of their incessant crowing. Anyway, at low tide there is a large rock that is exposed. It's probably about 30 feet in diameter and 4-5 feet tall. Anyway, t…
Damn crows. We hate them. When we first moved into our place 6 years ago there were a couple dozen crows that were here every day.
The Gulls didn't like them at all and we weren't fond of their incessant crowing. Anyway, at low tide there is a large rock that is exposed. It's probably about 30 feet in diameter and 4-5 feet tall. Anyway, this gull was chasing this crow around the rock. After a couple of times around the rock the crow hopped up on top of the rock and watched the gull run around the rock several more times before it gave up. The entire time the crow watched the gull circle the rock.
But a couple of years ago we had a fox living in a small cave on the shore. The crows would warn each other every time the fox came out of the den. Well, not every time because we saw the fox proudly carrying a crow a couple of times across our back yard. And the Bald Eagles enjoy eating the crows, ducks and gulls. The crows try to intimidate the Bald Eagles, but it's like a Sumo wrestler fighting a first grader.
I think the bird flu decimated the crow population and other species as well around here because now we only have a few crows that come by a few times a week.
We have lots of crows in the neighborhood. They are intelligent and yes talk a lot to each other. We see them sometimes chasing hawks. We also sometimes find feathers in the yard which is some hawk enjoying a finch or some other smaller bird. When they are around, silence prevails and not a small bird in sight. The birds which annoy us are house or English sparrows who vie with the swallows for nest boxes.
We tried for a couple of years to get rid of the sparrows above our front porch. They are tenatious little suckers. We've given up trying to keep them away, but both the dog and the cat spend hours watching them.
Damn crows. We hate them. When we first moved into our place 6 years ago there were a couple dozen crows that were here every day.
The Gulls didn't like them at all and we weren't fond of their incessant crowing. Anyway, at low tide there is a large rock that is exposed. It's probably about 30 feet in diameter and 4-5 feet tall. Anyway, this gull was chasing this crow around the rock. After a couple of times around the rock the crow hopped up on top of the rock and watched the gull run around the rock several more times before it gave up. The entire time the crow watched the gull circle the rock.
But a couple of years ago we had a fox living in a small cave on the shore. The crows would warn each other every time the fox came out of the den. Well, not every time because we saw the fox proudly carrying a crow a couple of times across our back yard. And the Bald Eagles enjoy eating the crows, ducks and gulls. The crows try to intimidate the Bald Eagles, but it's like a Sumo wrestler fighting a first grader.
I think the bird flu decimated the crow population and other species as well around here because now we only have a few crows that come by a few times a week.
We have lots of crows in the neighborhood. They are intelligent and yes talk a lot to each other. We see them sometimes chasing hawks. We also sometimes find feathers in the yard which is some hawk enjoying a finch or some other smaller bird. When they are around, silence prevails and not a small bird in sight. The birds which annoy us are house or English sparrows who vie with the swallows for nest boxes.
We tried for a couple of years to get rid of the sparrows above our front porch. They are tenatious little suckers. We've given up trying to keep them away, but both the dog and the cat spend hours watching them.
We have destroyed eggs and nests. But our neighbor thinks they are cute. I keep telling her they are not native.
Absolutely.