Why shoot the crows?

Paquebot · #41 02/27/09, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolf mom

Grackles are also a bird from England. Terrible creature. Smaller than a crow.

Grackles are native to this continent. It's the starling which is an import.

Martin

watcher · #42 02/27/09, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rambler

Crow is like a rat or mouse, become a real pest & take away from you if you are a farmer.

Those who don't understand, probably like them. Those who understand, don't have the words to explain it. You'd have to be there.

'Rats are cute creatures, you should love them, they don't do any harm.'

Hey! I have kept rats as pets and you should love them (the tame ones).

As for crows. . .the biggest problem on our farm was black birds. They'd wait until the corn would just be peeking out of the ground then they'd pluck it up and eat the seed. You'd see a row of little holes with a tiny corn top next to it.

Michael W. Smith · #43 02/27/09, 02:12 PM

Here in PA, they can be shot almost anytime of the year. I've often wondered myself why the crow is so hated. But I know they can ruin corn crops in a hurry.

One of the neighbor's had found a tree that had a crow's nest in it and climbed clear to the to top of it to grab a baby for a pet. (I know it's illegal, but like I said, it was the neighbor.) No doubt about it, crows are very intelligent animals. Cute too.

And as has been said, crows are good scavengers. It doesn't take long for a crow to see a dead animal on the road to fly down and get a quick meal.

BillHoo · #44 02/27/09, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ceresone

I just "must" tell this story--one day we heard a bunch of crows over in the field, sounded as if they were fighting. Indeed they were, so focused on what they were doing, we walked right upon them. They were killing another crow! I dont know if it was a stranger to them, or what, but after getting them to leave, 2 were still on the ground, one clamped onto the bottom one, feet, and bill. We had to kick them apart (uh-uh, not me, to pull them) and the bottom one lay there for sometime, before he left.
Interloper? Corn Dealer? Who knows?

A murder of crows usually has one appointed as sentry.

If a predator is able to stalk and sneak up on them, the first thing the crows do before flying away is to kill their own sentry for failing his job.

Wolf mom · #45 02/27/09, 04:07 PM

Martin:

My Grandma lied! Sorry for the misinformation. Thanks for the correction.

They're still ugly birds.

SAL

RedneckPete · #46 02/27/09, 06:48 PM

Crows can talk. I've seen it, I walked into a pet store in Buffalo NY an looked around for the parrot. It wasn't a parrot, it was a crow.

That said, I'll still blast one any chance I get. I'm not sure why, but they do present a real challenge.

Pete

watcher · #47 02/27/09, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by RedneckPete

Crows can talk. I've seen it, I walked into a pet store in Buffalo NY an looked around for the parrot. It wasn't a parrot, it was a crow.

That said, I'll still blast one any chance I get. I'm not sure why, but they do present a real challenge.

Pete

What you saw was a myna bird not a crow. Back in the stone ages when I was a kid the local five and dime had one. BTW, anyone else remember buying bags of peas and a 'pea shooter'? That's the only thing I ever remember buying from the 'dime store' I think it cost an entire penny. . .might have been a nickle.

Paquebot · #48 02/27/09, 09:17 PM

Crows indeed can talk! I raised 2 of them from nestlings in 1963 that learned to say "Hello" before they could say "Caw"! Didn't have a proper place to keep them and turned them loose in the same area I had collected them. Three days later, bought this house but never went back to try to find them.

Martin