Crows attacking my house!
Discussion
lawtoni said:
no you goon
the poison was placed on one window ledge which has only every been seen to have crows doing the fandango on
the now exiled other birds have access to any number of bird feeders
You do realise that the poison stays in the carcasses of what suddenly becomes a food source for all kinds of other animals . . . the poison was placed on one window ledge which has only every been seen to have crows doing the fandango on
the now exiled other birds have access to any number of bird feeders
Biggus thingus said:
Live their lives terrified and always looking over their shoulder in fear that they have a 1 in 3 chance of living to see another day?
This abominable practice needs stopping now!
How would you feel knowing you faced death half the year?
Actually I suspect the biggest risk to the longevity of game birds in my bit of the countryside is from getting run over, there are hordes of the buggers, especially as most of the shoots were cancelled last winter. This abominable practice needs stopping now!
How would you feel knowing you faced death half the year?
TBH I'm a bit ambivalent about game shooting, I have participated in beating, and I am aware that it is a source of countryside employment, but I really wouldn't be too upset if they banned it. Shooting for food is fair enough but I doubt more than a handful of gamebirds are eaten, most are dumped afaik.
lawtoni said:
oakdale said:
Seeing as you're such a lover of small birds, did you put a sign saying crows only on the rat poison seed mix?
no you goonthe poison was placed on one window ledge which has only every been seen to have crows doing the fandango on
the now exiled other birds have access to any number of bird feeders
I'd have thought sticking a few plastic spikes on the cill with adhesive pads was a small price to pay to rid you of the torment you describe. Very quick and easy if you can open the window to reach the cill, slightly less easy if you need a ladder.
CambsBill said:
lawtoni said:
no you goon
the poison was placed on one window ledge which has only every been seen to have crows doing the fandango on
the now exiled other birds have access to any number of bird feeders
You do realise that the poison stays in the carcasses of what suddenly becomes a food source for all kinds of other animals . . . the poison was placed on one window ledge which has only every been seen to have crows doing the fandango on
the now exiled other birds have access to any number of bird feeders
Biggus thingus said:
Live their lives terrified and always looking over their shoulder in fear that they have a 1 in 3 chance of living to see another day?
This abominable practice needs stopping now!
How would you feel knowing you faced death half the year?
No. They starve and die over winter because they're completely unsuited for living in our environment.This abominable practice needs stopping now!
How would you feel knowing you faced death half the year?
It's industrial scale neglect.
Biggus thingus said:
Its a good job lovable Pheasant & Partridge aren't killed between, say, September through to Feb every year, jeez
You know, for example, by employing people to drive them from their little nests making them fly right over, possibly, a group of blokes with, say, shotguns ready to blast them out of the sky
And can you imagine the inhumanity if some monster trained a lovable pet dog to run after these poor shot birds and bite them while bringing them back to their despicable owner?
Thank God that could never happen here, probably goes on in depraved countries like Spain, France or some such......think of the frogs and snails!
https://waronwildlife.co.uk/2021/06/17/great-news-becoming-too-risky-buy-a-grouse-moor/?fbclid=IwAR34qFjoBMXdhxMkgJIzvDcIB0UEOffran3E1XrvAvHdOrja53qku9H9N1kYou know, for example, by employing people to drive them from their little nests making them fly right over, possibly, a group of blokes with, say, shotguns ready to blast them out of the sky
And can you imagine the inhumanity if some monster trained a lovable pet dog to run after these poor shot birds and bite them while bringing them back to their despicable owner?
Thank God that could never happen here, probably goes on in depraved countries like Spain, France or some such......think of the frogs and snails!
- Get a rifle, or a friend with a rifle.
- Shoot some of the crows.
- Leave the dead crows where they usually attack the window, or just generally around the property.
Keep killing the crows and leaving the dead birds in situ until the crows go away.
It usually does not take long.
As for those horrified by shooting crows.
You clearly don't know much about the countryside. All family I have in the countryside have guns. Usually a shotgun and a rifle.
The rifle is used to kill troublesome birds (usually magpies/crows), squirrels and rabbits.
There is not a shortage of crows in this country. At times, crows can also be damaging to endangered birds of prey.
FYI I'm a member of multiple animal charities. Animals can however become pests.
- Shoot some of the crows.
- Leave the dead crows where they usually attack the window, or just generally around the property.
Keep killing the crows and leaving the dead birds in situ until the crows go away.
It usually does not take long.
As for those horrified by shooting crows.
You clearly don't know much about the countryside. All family I have in the countryside have guns. Usually a shotgun and a rifle.
The rifle is used to kill troublesome birds (usually magpies/crows), squirrels and rabbits.
There is not a shortage of crows in this country. At times, crows can also be damaging to endangered birds of prey.
FYI I'm a member of multiple animal charities. Animals can however become pests.
I also have a crow that attacks a window each morning this time of year at around 5am. Too many windows to cover them and I thought about shooting it but my neighbours are in recovery from a twenty year stretch in south London and I fear a gunshot would trigger horrendous flashbacks to their time trapped in a Third World War zone.
My solution has been to go full countryside on the situation and simply get up and go to work. I've always enjoyed early starts so it's an easy solution.
Before the Randy crow starts picking fights with itself we get the cock pheasants for a month or two doing the same but being foreigners they are lazy and don't start until midday. They also swagger around the lawn giving it all 'billy big balls' like pairs of scrotes outside a Yates' Wine Lodge.
My solution has been to go full countryside on the situation and simply get up and go to work. I've always enjoyed early starts so it's an easy solution.
Before the Randy crow starts picking fights with itself we get the cock pheasants for a month or two doing the same but being foreigners they are lazy and don't start until midday. They also swagger around the lawn giving it all 'billy big balls' like pairs of scrotes outside a Yates' Wine Lodge.
TCruise said:
As for those horrified by shooting crows.
You clearly don't know much about the countryside.
Quite the assumption. You clearly don't know much about the countryside.
Is the OP facing a threat to his livelihood from these crows? Are they threatening any endangered species in his back garden? Are they a threat to his health beyond getting nagged at by his missus? I'd suggest not.
I'd also question that just because something is commonplace in the countryside it doesn't necessarily follow that it's in harmony with nature or an acceptable thing to do. Do we need to mention fox hunting, the main arguments in favour of which were pest control and countryside traditions.
The farming community has a long and proud history of killing wildlife indiscriminately. I'm not convinced that holding them up as an example to follow is going to win many arguments in favour of dealing with a slight annoyance.
jagnet said:
Quite the assumption.
Is the OP facing a threat to his livelihood from these crows? Are they threatening any endangered species in his back garden? Are they a threat to his health beyond getting nagged at by his missus? I'd suggest not.
I'd also question that just because something is commonplace in the countryside it doesn't necessarily follow that it's in harmony with nature or an acceptable thing to do. Do we need to mention fox hunting, the main arguments in favour of which were pest control and countryside traditions.
The farming community has a long and proud history of killing wildlife indiscriminately. I'm not convinced that holding them up as an example to follow is going to win many arguments in favour of dealing with a slight annoyance.
I do a lot of shooting but if I was just going to execute every animal that knocked on my windows at an unsocial hour for no logical reason I would have a pile of Amazon delivery drivers clogging the compost. Is the OP facing a threat to his livelihood from these crows? Are they threatening any endangered species in his back garden? Are they a threat to his health beyond getting nagged at by his missus? I'd suggest not.
I'd also question that just because something is commonplace in the countryside it doesn't necessarily follow that it's in harmony with nature or an acceptable thing to do. Do we need to mention fox hunting, the main arguments in favour of which were pest control and countryside traditions.
The farming community has a long and proud history of killing wildlife indiscriminately. I'm not convinced that holding them up as an example to follow is going to win many arguments in favour of dealing with a slight annoyance.
Likewise, if I was going to shoot animals for being on my premises and threatening wildlife it would be cats which are the only real vermin in the UK for gardens.
I've zero issue with shooting things but it's not an indiscriminate activity.
TCruise said:
As for those horrified by shooting crows.
You clearly don't know much about the countryside. All family I have in the countryside have guns. Usually a shotgun and a rifle.
The rifle is used to kill troublesome birds (usually magpies/crows), squirrels and rabbits.
There is not a shortage of crows in this country. At times, crows can also be damaging to endangered birds of prey.
FYI I'm a member of multiple animal charities. Animals can however become pests.
I have lived in the countryside my entire life. Many of us don't own guns, most of us who do know how to use them and what they're allowed to shoot with them, although I accept there are still quite a few gun happy morons who just like killing animals for fun. This concept that townies seem to have of how people do things in the countryside is a load of bYou clearly don't know much about the countryside. All family I have in the countryside have guns. Usually a shotgun and a rifle.
The rifle is used to kill troublesome birds (usually magpies/crows), squirrels and rabbits.
There is not a shortage of crows in this country. At times, crows can also be damaging to endangered birds of prey.
FYI I'm a member of multiple animal charities. Animals can however become pests.
ks quite frankly.Killing crows is illegal under the 1981 Wildlife Act except in order to prevent serious agricultural damage to protect of public health.
Birds attacking other birds is part of their natural behaviour, it is rarely fatal to either party, most times a kite or a buzzard will be driven off by corvids without injury.
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