Problem with rooks and crows ?

Murphybear

Has anyone seen Steel Magnolias? They managed to get rid of lots of noisy birds by shooting at them

nanny_beach

I live fairy near the sea and its seagulls (and Yes, aparently, there are NO such things) using the cars and windows for target practice. I read a few years ago, that rooks are black with pink feet and beaks, crows are black with black feet and beak, so what to believe!

Robisere

Murphybear wrote: »

Has anyone seen Steel Magnolias? They managed to get rid of lots of noisy birds by shooting at them

This should answer questions about differences in the Corvid sub-species:
https://www.nbcenvironment.co.uk/bird-control-services/nuisance-birds/crow-family/

It is illegal to shoot them, they are protected in the UK:
https://community.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/b/east/posts/the-legal-status-of-corvids-in-the-uk

The steel Magnolia reference is incorrect: Corvids have been protected species in the USA since 1918:
https://audubonportland.org/wcc/urban/crows

They are recognised as the most intelligent species of birds. In the Army, as part of Escape & Evasion training, I learned how to befriend a rookery by leaving food near our Hide. After one day, a real racket from the crows told us when anyone else approached. Better than watch dogs! Living in a rural area, I have got used to hearing the noise from a nearby rookery. As for the mess: use a car cover. Live & let live, they were here before us.

George_Michael

Robisere wrote: »

As for the mess: use a car cover. Live & let live, they were here before us.

As I've lived in my current house for 25 years, I doubt very much if any of the birds that crap on my car were here before me!

Manxman_in_exile

agrinnall wrote: »

It's not rooks and crows:


"a Crow in a crowd is a Rook, a Rook on its own is a Crow"



http://www.bbc.co.uk/naturescalendar/winter/farmland/buckenham/buck_farm.shtml

Sounds great when said in a Norfolk accent.

Robisere

George_Michael wrote: »

As I've lived in my current house for 25 years, I doubt very much if any of the birds that crap on my car were here before me!

You mistook my meaning: all bird species were here long before us. In fact, by many millions of years, as all birds are descended from a common dinosaur species.

So maybe you should be thankful that Pterosaurs did not survive, anything with that huge wingspan would make a humongous mess on your car! :eek: