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Subject: Re: Would you consider eliminating the crows?
From: wtmorgan@pilot.msu.edu (Bill Morgan)
Organization: MSU
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 01 11:20:52
Message-ID: <MOD$010625.15852@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$010625.14089@rec.gardens.ecosystems>



In article <MOD$010625.14089@rec.gardens.ecosystems>, simy1@my-deja.com
(simy1) wrote:

[snip]

>There is a gang of crows living in the area, and they
> do a couple
> of things which I do not like: first, they have driven off hawks and
> owls, which
> we used to have. As a result, the rodent population, supported by the
> grassland
> that is my backyard, and by plenty of seeding trees (elms and maples),
> has exploded.

[snip]

> The second problem is that crows eat songbirds eggs. They have driven
> out those as well. The little things do their best at defending their
> nest but those pests are extremely persistent. I pull them in a bit in
> the winter, when I am the only one offering a squirrel proof bird
> feeder, but in the spring they go elsewhere to breed.
>
> Would you consider trapping and killing the crows?

No. That's illegal. However, there are noisemakers and other ways of
repelling the crows.

Or I suppose you could just sit back and wait for West Nile to make it
there: it's murder on crows (no pun intended).

Regards,
Bill

"Those who do not learn the lessons of science fiction are condemned to
live them."--William T. Morgan

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