Random Thread ~Usagi-Chan ☮ Tūsurī~

[boinsie]

Ohhhhh I do vaguely remember you mentioning this behavior! Yeah ok that would be pretty obnoxious. I had a torchdown roof for 5 years and it was a constant headache.
Have you considered metal flashing to protect the areas they're rubbing?

[rikkikow]

Ohhhhh I do vaguely remember you mentioning this behavior! Yeah ok that would be pretty obnoxious. I had a torchdown roof for 5 years and it was a constant headache.
Have you considered metal flashing to protect the areas they're rubbing?

I saw this on TV recently. You have to be careful not to get a crow pissed off at you. This man had to go to hospital for stitches to his face. I would use an umbrella if I was him.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PMWLdUoLI60

[esm]

From my neighborhood Facebook group:

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[Zunu]

Oops,*kissing, I meant.

[rikkikow]

My latest crow idea. Owl sounds did squat using my iPhone speaker. Can't wait to try this out today.

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Using bluetooth and a bluetooth speaker to get a very loud volume. Should be better than clapping my hands which scares then off my roof but hurts my hands.

My big bang theory … my noise is bigger.

I do not know if my prayers have been answered or is it just coincidence? Since I used my “Big Bang” idea, crow activity on my street has dropped significantly ~90%. I have not seen the two big bully crows around, and whole families seem to be gone, but it has only been three days. I see a fly-by scout occasionally. Today I saw three crows having a pow-wow as they were looking in my direction as I worked doing gardening. By the time I got my Bluetooth from my house they were gone. I was going to blast them!

But today I played a game of “crow chicken” with a crow hidden in a tree a several houses away. It was making a lot of noise with a four-caw message over and over. The game went like this:
caw-caw-caw-caw
BANG!
caw-caw-caw-caw
BANG!
caw-caw-caw-caw
BANG!
caw-caw-caw-caw
BANG!
caw-caw-caw-caw
BANG!
Then the crow was stopped. It was a knock-out in the 5th round. My noise was bigger.

[Spaghetti-Western]

Last time a crow showed up in the tree near my place I just told him in a serious voice "hey, get out of here", and he left. Sometimes I point at them as if I'm holding a rifle.

I also have problems with little birds roosting in my eves. I measured and cut little pieces of scrap wood to put into the gaps where they like to nestle. One time I chased away a couple late at night using my broom and a flashlight. I felt chuffed to have won that battle against those 2oz fiends, but a few nights later I was going to the woodshed with my headlamp on and a small bird dive-bombed into my face not far from my eye(!). I definitely was a little more patient with them the next time

[TotallyUncool]

In the L. A. area, I think the parrots tend to keep the crows from being too dominant - of course, the parrots are complete party birds themselves, flying around in large, noisy flocks and getting drunk and rowdy on fermented berries, but that's kind of entertaining.

[Spaghetti-Western]

In the L. A. area, I think the parrots tend to keep the crows from being too dominant - of course, the parrots are complete party birds themselves, flying around in large, noisy flocks and getting drunk and rowdy on fermented berries, but that's kind of entertaining.

It's an interesting balance you have there - parrots might work better than rednecks with shotguns

Looking back in this thread I discover that it is actually a duck thread. So here is my duck contribution, a startling news story from a couple months ago.

[Amped]

Duck, the unofficial mascot of JPLOP. He waddles behind the plop sign.

[rikkikow]

Duck, the unofficial mascot of JPLOP. He waddles behind the plop sign.

JDuck?