Crow attacking cars

catherineblack

Hello,
Yes, you read the title - there is a crow in my street regualarly attacking cars. :eek:
He jumps on the wing mirror and fights away at it, pecking and pecking like crazy. He's scratching the wing mirror and I've even chased him away from my neighbour's sunroof. Short of
a)shooting him
b)making a scarecrow
or c)hiring a sparrowhawk to scare it - what can I do?

My car is an old banger and I don't mind, but my Dad was visiting and the crow scratched his lovely new car's wing mirrors. Not good. Is this normal? Or do we the scariest crow in the world inhabiting our street?
Catherine
ps I have thought of covering the wing mirrors with paper/plastic bags. But would prefer not to....

derrick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojekOOY6cjw

catherineblack

Haha! Sadly, I don't think my wee Micra can match that!

nickmack

catherineblack wrote: »

Not good. Is this normal? Or do we the scariest crow in the world inhabiting our street?

Does it only attack certain colour cars?

I have a problem with birds pooing on my car. I don't know what they eat round here but it's lethal if not wiped off within a few hours. Stripped the paint on my old car. If you come across a solution to keep them away, let me know!

cc25

It seems attacking reflections is common behaviour for some types of territorial birds (see RSPB note here)

Only real solution appears to be to cover up the glass or mirror, so the bird no longer sees its reflection