HELP NEEDED. Crazy crow relentlessly attacking our house. Tried everything!

lynnemcf

What about one of these silhouettes of birds of prey? I know my neighbour used one to stop birds flying into his patio doors.

http://songbirdphoto.com/wordpress/?p=136

pulliptears

lynnemcf wrote: »

What about one of these silhouettes of birds of prey? I know my neighbour used one to stop birds flying into his patio doors.

http://songbirdphoto.com/wordpress/?p=136

Worth a try

For now I have taped a long sheet of foil to the open window, its blowing slightly in the breeze and reflecting in the light so I'm hoping that does the trick and trains it not to hit mine.

Will have to nip round and do the same to the house in my pic the lady who lives there is 90 and I suspect confused as to the source of the bangs!

Blummin bird!!!

keystone

pulliptears wrote: »

Ideas?

Post 13 followed by posts 26 and 29. Ignore the heated fluff in between.

Cheers

cyclonebri1

Ferkin hell, I thought you said "crazy cow".

Got 1 and am expert fire away with the questions:D:D:D:D:D:D

keystone

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Ferkin hell, I thought you said "crazy cow".

C'mon Cy do keep up! Posts 9 through 11 and 13!.

Cheers

pulliptears

keystone wrote: »

Post 13 followed by posts 26 and 29. Ignore the heated fluff in between.

Cheers

You have greater faith in local wildlife rescue than I do if you think they will be coming out to deal with a crow that is attacking a reflection because it feels threatened or territorial.

I once had a nest full of house sparrows fall down into my kitchen through a pipe. Despite trying every bird and animal sanctuary in my area not a one would come and save the half a dozen babies, and house sparrows are protected. With this in mind there is absolutely zero chance of them coming to a jealous crow in mating season...

Meanwhile, I've put up some tinfoil. It's happily blowing in the breeze and Crow hasn't been seen on my window since. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

muckybutt

Mmmmmm crow pie....yum

cyclonebri1

I can supply any number you want:j:j



Keep up KS???
I thought the crow had died yonks back.;)

pulliptears

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I can supply any number you want:j:j



Keep up KS???
I thought the crow had died yonks back.;)

All quiet this morning Bri so I think the foil may be a success. He's about, he's sitting on the roof across the road no doubt plotting crow like plots like how to overthrow scarecrows etc but for now he seems to have realised my windows aren't the enemy

crazy_crow

pulliptears wrote: »

All quiet this morning Bri so I think the foil may be a success;)

Sorry you have had the same problem and I am glad the foil seems to be working. Great photo by the way.:T

Our crow is continuing to attack an upstairs window in our nieghbours vacant house. I have no idea how he manages not to kill himself.

To dissuade my crazy crow I have positioned a motion activated toy to 'guard' the two sets of patio doors he favours the most. The crow sets them off as soon as he comes looking for trouble and they scare him off before he attacks. I bought them from amazon (search : frog cuddley toy motion activated) and screwed them onto some wood so they don't bounce all over the place. They seem to be working well although my teenage kids now think I am crazier than the crow. Cue lots of jokes about Mum versus The Crow and the crow is winning. :embarasse

When the danger of frost is over I will set up the 'motion activated' scarecrow animal deterrent (also from amazon)

This may all seem a bit excessive but I don't want a repeat of last summer when he continually attacked ALL the downstairs windows over a period of about a month. It is suprising how much noise a crow throwing itself at a window makes and I didn't much enjoy scrubbing the blood off the windows and patio again. .:eek: