hi i'm jim harmon, california pest managementhere in lovely sunny california. we are going to talk today about what happens when youhave crows in your neighborhood. they are driving you nuts. typically crows group togetherin pod formation around an elder crow, the oldest one of the group, typically a malebut it can be a female also. when one crow gets hurt he screams out and the rest of thepod that's what they are called, they will
how to keep snakes away from garden, come and group together and try to defendthem. what we'll see a lot of times is big trees in the neighborhood such as this bigpine behind me here. they love that kind of tree because you can get the whole clan upin there. they can see all the way around, they can see if there is going to be any hawksor any small birds that are going to be harassing
them. they can also look for any food sources.crows typically will start vocalizing early in the morning and it is a way that the familygets together and reaffirms the family connections and then they all take off and start lookingfor food for the day. there is really not a whole lot unless you have sonic booms whichare the propane cannons, rather loud. we have tried recorded crow cries and they work goodalso but you need a good system, a first off the cries of an injured crow and it will looklike dawn of the dead for the birds when you start playing those crow calls out of a loudspeaker, they will circle and they will start calling but if you do that enough it irritatesthem and they will move on and find some other
place to hang out. if you do want to try thisyourself you could go to a company called
bird barrier, on the net called birdbarrier.comand you can buy the systems. now be prepared for sticker shock but they will sell the entiresystem and it is on an mp3 so basically you get an mpeg and a bunch of different birdcries and birds in distress.
