I am having trouble with crows this year. There hasn’t been any changes in our yard but never have seen so many. Looked up what to do about crows:
http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Crows
It is the same thing said about Wrens from nesting in the eaves of the house and that didn’t work.
Anyone have any suggestions other than shooting them as I live a neighborhood
environment.
We had 5 crows last year & now it’s up to 7 ... a family, it appears. Lots of chatter among themselves and interaction - fun to watch if they weren’t getting into trouble. My dad is an old-school farm boy - he has been telling me to shoot one & hang it up & that will take care of the problem. I’m not inclined to do that & even if I were, crows are a federally regulated migratory species so you can only shoot them during certain hunting seasons - “now” is not in season.
I had already seen the article you linked. None of that really helps me so I’m going to fence the crows out. The fencing is close enough they can’t land between the fence/garden & they cannot perch on the fence. They can’t reach the tomatoes & other veggies through the fence.
In searching the internet, I did see where someone live-trapped crows. They were left in the cage for a couple of hours & after that experience, just seeing the cage kept them away. That is an additional option for me - we have a live trap & two years ago, I accidentally caught a young crow in it (baited with corn & cantaloupe for a groundhog). It was very vocal & quite upset & went screaming off looking for family/buddies when I got it released.
I think the easiest thing for you might be the “dead crow” decoy to warn them away and/or maybe trapping them for some ‘aversion therapy’. You could try a fake snake - supposedly that works for a while & it might be enough that they’d stop coming.
Here’s the dead crow link:
http://birdsoff.com.au/dead-crow-decoy-visual-deterrent/
Some people use ‘Halloween’ decorative crows ... cheaper, but probably wouldn’t last long in weather.