CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Julian Earl — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:10:21 GMT

Okay Michael, I take your point but at the sme time Ido not have a grudge for them showing natural behaviour! Should I do so?? No more than lions taking down wildebeeste on the Plains and so on! On the brighter side they are being trained to help save the plantthough? Like them or not!!

Plus of course, I like the \Swede for theier enterprise[?]in training them!

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Michael Woodhouse — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:59:00 GMT

Julian, as a sheep man, I'd have thought you'd have seen enough recumbent ewes with their eyes pecked out, not to be a fan of the corvids. However intelligent they may be.

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Lucy Fleming — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:11:17 GMT

[quote userid="8991" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/30178/crows-not-a-pest-after-all/235650#235650"]Pigeons are beautiful creatures by contrast.[/quote]

i feel like pigeons might be more popular if they weren't so prone to such ugly foot problems, but it's incredible how well they do on horribly affected feet, and those iridescent feathers are beautiful. However, monotonously coo-ing woodpigeons can get in the bin.

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

David Mills — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:59:40 GMT

[quote userid="2100" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/30178/crows-not-a-pest-after-all/235587#235587"]

What a clever idea!

I was just walking across the road leading to my village yesterday and couldn't believe the amount of trash thrown out of car windows.

I just can't understand what sort of person thinks: "I know, I won't take this home and bin it, I'lll make the countryside look like a tip, that's a much better idea".

Anyway, perhaps we could train something bigger, like perhaps some imported wildebeest, to collect McDonalds cartons.

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Disgruntled from Devon.

Quietly it be said but you've definitely moved into moaning nimby/first world problem territory with this.

Did you tut audibly?

p.s. crows are horrible pecky things when you're trying to examine them. Pigeons are beautiful creatures by contrast.

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Neil Wheadon — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:28:04 GMT

[quote userid="6550" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/30178/crows-not-a-pest-after-all/235594#235594"]Astounding how many McDonald wrappers end up miles from the nearest branch.[/quote]

I loved litter on our cycling trips across America

You could easily tell well in advance what fast food outlet was in town

Should be encouraged

Neil

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:18:52 GMT

[quote userid="2131" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/30178/crows-not-a-pest-after-all/235603#235603"]Goshawks, to remove baseball caps worn back-to-front.[/quote]

Love that.

EB-H for prime minister, I say.

(there might be a vacancy soon, too)

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:08:35 GMT

[quote userid="3094" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/30178/crows-not-a-pest-after-all"]What do you think we should train birds or animals to do here in the UK? [/quote]

Goshawks, to remove baseball caps worn back-to-front.

Seagulls, to swoop upon and savage blokes they spot spitting in the street.

Condors, to carry off dogs shitting on the pavement.

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Julian Earl — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:41:16 GMT

[quote userid="2100" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/30178/crows-not-a-pest-after-all/235587#235587"]ps we could train something bigger, like perhaps some imported wildebeest, to collect McDonalds cartons.[/quote]

I've agreed Arlo, but in truth am not really sure about the choice of Wildebeestes, A better choice would be elephants, surely? Very intelligent. dextrous trunks and never forgetting etc?

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Bob Russell — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:40:16 GMT

Astounding how many McDonald wrappers end up miles from the nearest branch.

Perhaps train our red kites to clean the bigger bits of rubbish up?

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Arlo Guthrie — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:33:38 GMT

What a clever idea!

I was just walking across the road leading to my village yesterday and couldn't believe the amount of trash thrown out of car windows.

I just can't understand what sort of person thinks: "I know, I won't take this home and bin it, I'lll make the countryside look like a tip, that's a much better idea".

Anyway, perhaps we could train something bigger, like perhaps some imported wildebeest, to collect McDonalds cartons.

RE: CROWS: NOT a pest after all?

Jill Butterworth — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:19:38 GMT

Oh wow, that's brilliant! Will have a think about that one!