Ill-mannered crows
Is it still good luck to be crapped on by a bird? Is there a certain kind of bird that pertains to? Remember in one of the hundreds of episodes of ‘Friends’ when Phoebe got the pleasure of being a bird’s toilet? Well I received that pleasure and you know, it wasn’t as fun as it looks like it is on TV.I step out of my house and start into the backyard, minding my own business right? WRONG! I hear the rattling and the bustling of the 200 crows that have decided to be my personal watch crows looking over my house and watching my every move. And then it happens. Splat … I feel something hit my coat and what do I do? Look up of course. I yell at myself. “Jill,” I say outside, “What in the world are you looking up for? Run, you idiot!” So, before I became an even bigger target, I dart out of my own backyard and suddenly feel unwelcome by these uninvited guests that apparently think my house needs guarding.You see, I live in a house that is apparently the favorite hangout for about 3/4 of Norwich’s crow population. And when I say crows, I mean the low down dirty disgusting devil ridden crap throwing black birds that are too stupid enough to realize it’s winter and they should head for south and spread their love elsewhere.Being an animal lover at heart, I find it hard to feel much more than hatred for these creatures that some people believe to be birds or something. Every time I want to take my dog into the backyard, I need an umbrella and it’s gotten to the point where we can’t park in our own driveway. Isn’t there a group like Crow Revenge Outreach Warriors otherwise known as CROW that I can attend to learn how to secretly do away with these creatures that have decided to make my peaceful bird-free life a disgraceful mess? Trust me, trying to explain to the children going outside is not a possibility due to the fact they will have bird poo to dodge is getting a little monotonous.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Unfortunately, none. It is legal to hunt crows for certain times, but I dont know when they are. I happen to like crows, but even so, I would not want that many “guarding” my house.
There is a researcher around the Cortland area (They also have a very high crow population) that has been tracking large groups of these birds and it turns out that they have migration patterns that vary slightly and while they dont go south like most birds, This area, Cortland/Chenango is right in their migration route. So, I dont think they’re going away any time soon.