[TChris]

This is the town where I grew up. They tend to take the direct approach to solving problems there. :-)

[ARealMothersSonForever]

The only good crow...

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I have never heard of crows that thick but gackles are a problem in many parts of the country.

[HardStarboard]

>>>They tend to take the direct approach to solving problems there.<<<

More power to common sense solutions!!

In Seattle we had a couple of huge sealions hanging around the entrance to the locks into fresh water Lake Union...eating all the migrating salmon....multiple hundreds a day.

We tried sound machines imitating killer whales, the sealions sworn ememies; we tried M-80 thrown in the water...but never near the sealions; we tried nets....still the sealions - the most famous was "Herschel" - kept eating salmon.

So the wise men trapped them and flew them 900 miles down to the California coast.....they were back in less than 2 weeks.

A side note: I have a friend that used to work on a fish farm in Alaska...sealions used to tear the nets and eat the salmon as they swam out. He said that all you need to do was use a 30.06 on one or two....and the smell of sealion blood in the water would keep them away for a minimum of two months.

[de Buillion]

I think all black birds are smart; I think all large birds are smart, except domestic turkeys and chickens.

[Tammy8]

When I read this all I could think of was the Hitchcock movie "The Birds"

[CheyennePress]

You ever go to the Rendevouz, TChris? Some rather interestng characters there. Just sat there and shot muzzleloaders and shot the breeze for a day.

[Calpernia]

Thanks for the ping!

[Fresh Wind]

[corkoman]

Ravens are the smart ones - not crows. Easily confused. Ravens can pick locks, open cabinets, move backpacks to safe areas to open up and raid them at their leisure. Crafty buggers.

[SAMS]

"They appear to be staying down by the river."

In a van?

[Thunder90]

Time to pull out the flack guns!