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

pulliptears

crazy_crow wrote: »

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:

The tinfoil tore in the wind last night, but I'm yet to see my little feathered friend attack the window so I'm hoping I've cured him of that window for now.

Was talking to a neighbour the other day and mentioned him, neighbour laughed and said "Oh he's NUTS!". Apparently he attacks the local magpies with vigour as well :rotfl: Neighbour says he carefully stalks them around the garden and then goes in for the attack.
He's quite a character I'll give him that!

Glad you appear to have yours under control as well. Shame we couldn't introduce them, they'd make a lovely couple

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Have you thought of throwing him extra food, so he can see a peanut stand?

Pinging him with the postman's litter, so he can hear a rubber band?

Poking him with a needle that winked its eye?


I think then he'll have seen about everything.....


(Couldn't let the Kia-ora song go without immediate replacement)







Anyhow, crows mob apex predators such as hawks, falcons, etc. so having pictures of them probably isn't going to help.


And I like crows, they're usually smart, funny and can be distracted from mischief by puzzles that involve food.

Mr_Ted

No one has yet gotten into the mind of the crow!

This all happens because they are teritorial and it see's its own reflection as an invading unwanted adversary for his "CHICKS" affections lol

You may stop him from one place but he will always find another, or something else that upsets him?

If you get rid of him there will only probably be another in the roost to take his place and you will have to hope not as aggresive!

Its called nature, and is just like we are protective of our own, you either have to live with it or get rid of the species?

Mmmmmmm not a bad idea from some I see??????????

pulliptears

Mr_Ted wrote: »

No one has yet gotten into the mind of the crow!

This all happens because they are teritorial and it see's its own reflection as an invading unwanted adversary for his "CHICKS" affections lol

You may stop him from one place but he will always find another, or something else that upsets him?

If you get rid of him there will only probably be another in the roost to take his place and you will have to hope not as aggresive!

Its called nature, and is just like we are protective of our own, you either have to live with it or get rid of the species?

Mmmmmmm not a bad idea from some I see??????????

As I said in post #37 I think it was....

pulliptears wrote: »

a crow that is attacking a reflection because it feels threatened or territorial.

I have 'gotten into the mind of the crow', I know exactly why it's doing what it is. It is quite an unusual reaction around this area though so I'd be shocked if another took its place. In fact, in 16 years of living here he is the first mental crow I've had.

keystone

pulliptears wrote: »

In fact, in 16 years of living here he is the first mental crow I've had.

Well you asked for ideas although mine was poopooed so I didn't post again. These are intelligent birds, if it has gone a tad bonkers then it needs some help or putting out of its misery. This thread is becoming a peepshow.

Cheers

pulliptears

keystone wrote: »

Well you asked for ideas although mine was poopooed so I didn't post again. These are intelligent birds, if it has gone a tad bonkers then it needs some help or putting out of its misery. This thread is becoming a peepshow.

Cheers

Its a turn of phrase, I have no way of knowing its mental state.

crazy_crow

My crazy crow has bought along a few of his friends from time to time.

I am hoping they don't decide to start attacking too. :(:(:(:(



Fortuanately, he seems a lot more interested in the neighbours house at the moment. . He definitely has some anger issues.

crazy_crow

keystone wrote: »

Well you asked for ideas although mine was poopooed so I didn't post again. These are intelligent birds, if it has gone a tad bonkers then it needs some help or putting out of its misery. This thread is becoming a peepshow.

Cheers

I have welcomed everyone's advice and I did try calling the local RSPB and the local council neither of which could offer any help. I could try and get him trapped and taken away by a pest control company but I wanted to see if there was another way to deal with the crow.

(the Kia Ora posts are a little less helpful :rotfl:)

At least I can recognise the crow now, so I know it is only one crow that attacks.

There are plenty of threads about this problem on other websites, including Wild About Britain, RSPB etc, but this site gets so much more traffic.