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Location: pumpkin pie bungalow
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December 6th, 2005, 04:35 PM
There goes the crows, heading for their rookery on James island...Oi! every day, same time, hundred and hundred of crows. I hear the flock in vancouver is has grown to unbelievable numbers.
"Every evening as dusk nears, up to 10,000 crows from across the Lower Mainland make their way to a group of deciduous trees near the junction of Lougheed Highway and Willingdon Avenue. There, in the safety of numbers, they sleep. Each morning, just past dawn, they retrace the commute back to their individual territories."
Cracks me up, no pun intended, how they drop their nuts off the roof of a building, across from me, to break them open...Oi! perhaps one day crows will be ruling this planet
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s798478.htm
There goes the crows, heading for their rookery on James island...Oi! every day, same time, hundred and hundred of crows. I hear the flock in vancouver is has grown to unbelievable numbers.
"Every evening as dusk nears, up to 10,000 crows from across the Lower Mainland make their way to a group of deciduous trees near the junction of Lougheed Highway and Willingdon Avenue. There, in the safety of numbers, they sleep. Each morning, just past dawn, they retrace the commute back to their individual territories."
Cracks me up, no pun intended, how they drop their nuts off the roof of a building, across from me, to break them open...Oi! perhaps one day crows will be ruling this planet
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s798478.htm
I cite the famous rhyme"4 and 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie" as the example.
Knows Too Much
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Location: PEI...for now
Location: PEI...for now
December 6th, 2005, 05:28 PM
That's weird, they do the exact same thing here on PEI. You could always set your watch on sunset, because every crow on the island will fly to Victoria park for the night. It's like watching a long river of birds.
Must be a social event or something.
That's weird, they do the exact same thing here on PEI. You could always set your watch on sunset, because every crow on the island will fly to Victoria park for the night. It's like watching a long river of birds.
Must be a social event or something.
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Location: Vancouver
Location: Vancouver
December 7th, 2005, 11:54 AM
Actually, I happened to be there one day when all the crows were there and they just literally covered the grass area and the trees. It was like a black sea of birds... never seen so many crows in my life.
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Oh... I thought they were going to Mcdonalds to eat the fries in the garbage...
"Every evening as dusk nears, up to 10,000 crows from across the Lower Mainland make their way to a group of deciduous trees near the junction of Lougheed Highway and Willingdon Avenue...
Actually, I happened to be there one day when all the crows were there and they just literally covered the grass area and the trees. It was like a black sea of birds... never seen so many crows in my life.
Clever Clogs
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Location: earth
Location: earth
December 7th, 2005, 12:03 PM
We in Ontario have the same problem with Starlings. People have been playing music, shooting them, and poisinging the chirps. The most effective( and unusual) way I've seen to get rid of the birds was to call in a Native Medicine Man as some homeowners in Burlington , Ontario did. He did a dance and chanted a bit and the birds left, and haven't come back.........
The problem, ususally lies deeper then just moving them. It's all about changing enviroment for the birds. They are running out of NATURAL habitat, food sources....etc....because we as humans want more.............
We in Ontario have the same problem with Starlings. People have been playing music, shooting them, and poisinging the chirps. The most effective( and unusual) way I've seen to get rid of the birds was to call in a Native Medicine Man as some homeowners in Burlington , Ontario did. He did a dance and chanted a bit and the birds left, and haven't come back.........
The problem, ususally lies deeper then just moving them. It's all about changing enviroment for the birds. They are running out of NATURAL habitat, food sources....etc....because we as humans want more.............
Knows Too Much
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Location: PEI...for now
Location: PEI...for now
December 7th, 2005, 12:17 PM
Have you ever seen starlings fight over a Timbit? They're vicious little peckers.
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That and it's easier to live off our garbage and leavings rather than live off of the natural but harder to find diet.
The problem, ususally lies deeper then just moving them. It's all about changing enviroment for the birds. They are running out of NATURAL habitat, food sources....etc....because we as humans want more.............
Have you ever seen starlings fight over a Timbit? They're vicious little peckers.
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December 7th, 2005, 12:44 PM
I was reading about Starlings the other week and it seems Starlings are an import. Some well-intended Brit just couldn't stand not having Starlings around and brought over a few. Some domestic birds are suffering because of Starlings. Cowbirds are another. Cowbirds don't make nests. Like a Cuckoo, they lay their eggs in other birds nests.
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Was that some kind of profanity?
Have you ever seen starlings fight over a Timbit? They're vicious little peckers.
I was reading about Starlings the other week and it seems Starlings are an import. Some well-intended Brit just couldn't stand not having Starlings around and brought over a few. Some domestic birds are suffering because of Starlings. Cowbirds are another. Cowbirds don't make nests. Like a Cuckoo, they lay their eggs in other birds nests.
