My uncle (the one that’s finally come home after years of service in D.C.) is a nature-loving biology guy who used to run a nature center (in this case NOT a euphemism for “nude beach”) on the west end of the state. I figured that, of all the folks I knew, he would be the most likely to have a solution to a problem that’s been driving me nuts for months. But alas, it looks like I’m going to have to turn to Lynn’s cookbooks…
Eugene B-S to Lars Liebling:
Hey, I thought you might know the solution to a weird problem we’re having at work.
There are some gigantic crows nesting (or at least hanging out a bunch) on top of our building. The atrium my office is connected to is open all the way to the roof, and has windows all around at the top. Now, I don’t know if these fellers are seeing their reflections in the windows or what, but for about an hour a day (and not always at the same time or only when the sun is out, etc.) they’ll continually scream and peck the crap out of a window.
To put it mildly, this is very distracting.
Any thoughts on relieving their desire to annoy me? J
Lars Liebling to Eugene B-S:
Too bad you have Crows they are very smart and are not tricked into flying away by rubber snakes or plastic Owls like other birds. Even if you use a noise deterrent the crows will become accustom to it and just sit and enjoy!
If it is possible, change the way the light hits the windows (I doubt you can do this in an atrium) to divert or eliminate the reflection….not sure why it is only for an hour and not the same time every day??? Could be they are enjoying the warmth held by the glass and frame work around the glass??!!
Another option is to have some one remove all of the nesting material to discourage them from roosting on your roof.
If all else fails there are several good recipes for Crow……….after they have died by ‘some unknown cause’ one night!
Good luck,
OL