Scottish Elises

Having a major problem at home with crows! Firstly the were pecking at the windows of the house, usually very early in the morning. Now they have started on the cars, and so far have destroyed two sets of wiper blades by pulling the rubbers off, as well as pulling the rubber beading out of the roof channel on the freelander!

Have managed to shoot a couple of them, but has anyone (Noops?) got any ideas as to how to get rid of them?

Had thought of asking Shug or Mcape to stand outside all night in their bike leathers, that would certainly scare them off.........

http://www.stopbirdspestcontrol.co.uk/details.asp?ID=9 ?

Wonder if that would work on Magpies...

How about one of these?



You realise this is all probably because you've built over their favourite nesting / hunting ground.

For a last resort...stone 'em

Sanjoy wrote:http://www.stopbirdspestcontrol.co.uk/details.asp?ID=9 ?

Thanks Sanjoy, but I suspect the crows would destroy that as well! I think I need an eagle!

ruadh08 wrote:

Sanjoy wrote:http://www.stopbirdspestcontrol.co.uk/details.asp?ID=9 ?

Thanks Sanjoy, but I suspect the crows would destroy that as well! I think I need an eagle!

They do a falcon..


Actually my mates brother is a falconer, could ask if he does domestic work too. IIRC he told me a story of them using birds of prey late a night to remove some pesky pigeons at train stations.

http://www.strathblanefalconry.co.uk

ruadh08 wrote: Have managed to shoot a couple of them

Got this slapstick vision in my head...

[Scene - 4.30am, Still Game Towers, master bedroom]

[Verona] Paul, it's those f*cking crows again, I thought you said you'd "sorted them"

[Paul] Hhrrrmmmhhhh...<snore>

[Verona] PAUL, I f*cking mean it, sort those pesky crows or you are sleeping in the garage from now on

[Paul] What, crows, garage, cars, pride and joy....holy mackerel, where's my bl**dy gun?

[Verona] Wherever you left it after you'd finished taking potshots at that wee rabbit you claimed was p*ssing on the wheels of the Beemer


[Paul vaults out of bed and careers down the stairs, through the lobby, across the chuckie stones to the garage, in search of the bl**dy gun. By the time he finds it, buried under several classic Lotus cars, the crows have scarpered in total fear. He trudges back to bed, dejectedly]


[Verona] Well done honey, you sure scared 'em off there!

[Paul] What? I didn't do a thing. Couldn't get to the gun for f*cking Lotus restoration projects cluttering up the uber-garage. Sheesh.

[Verona] But Paul, didn't you realise? They took one look at your BMW M-sport boxer shorts and scattered. OOohhh, my hero


[remainder of this short film is censored by the British Board of Film Classification]

campbell wrote:

ruadh08 wrote: Have managed to shoot a couple of them

Got this slapstick vision in my head...

[Scene - 4.30am, Still Game Towers, master bedroom]

[Verona] Paul, it's those f*cking crows again, I thought you said you'd "sorted them"

[Paul] Hhrrrmmmhhhh...<snore>

[Verona] PAUL, I f*cking mean it, sort those pesky crows or you are sleeping in the garage from now on

[Paul] What, crows, garage, cars, pride and joy....holy mackerel, where's my bl**dy gun?

[Verona] Wherever you left it after you'd finished taking potshots at that wee rabbit you claimed was p*ssing on the wheels of the Beemer


[Paul vaults out of bed and careers down the stairs, through the lobby, across the chuckie stones to the garage, in search of the bl**dy gun. By the time he finds it, buried under several classic Lotus cars, the crows have scarpered in total fear. He trudges back to bed, dejectedly]


[Verona] Well done honey, you sure scared 'em off there!

[Paul] What? I didn't do a thing. Couldn't get to the gun for f*cking Lotus restoration projects cluttering up the uber-garage. Sheesh.

[Verona] But Paul, didn't you realise? They took one look at your BMW M-sport boxer shorts and scattered. OOohhh, my hero


[remainder of this short film is censored by the British Board of Film Classification]

Step away from the keyboard - gently, gently now. Lisa will get your tablets and you can forget all about it. There now. That's better isn't it?

I can still hear the voices.

Lisa, take him to bed .... please

Noops?

meatball wrote:Noops?

Surely Mr Ford's post does not warrant the call out of a pest controller?

LOL, feel much better this morning thanks

At least, I think the voices have stopped...

Had to read that again, thought it said cows.................

Had a vision of you out shooting cows for a second there..........

Off to have a wee seat now, the heat must be getting to me

Ally

I new this bloody thread would not be taken seriously!

Noops, where are you?