Waking up to the dreadful news about Beauty. I can sense all the apprehension in your posts and very much share your concern. Do we know what her injuries are yet? Be brave, everyone - like Beauty!
Y'all seen the latest FB page "Rochesterians for Crows"? ('Scuse me if I have repeated something already posted here.) It contains some very well-reasoned posts and info.
UPPER WEST SIDE — This hawk is a cougar. Riverside Park's widowed red-tailed hawk, who broke Upper West Sider's hearts as she raised her babies alone after her mate was killed last year, has found new love — with a younger male.
Friends of ours who had a farm once used one of these banger devices that "scared" away the crows and pigeons. This it did successfully for a short time... until - get this! - the birds got to know how often the thing would go "Bang", and they would all rise up about 10 seconds before the bang went off... only to settle right back in again!
And my bet? Things will settle and those crows will be right back where they came from. With hard-earned tax money straight down the gurgler. Never mind that no one seems to be saying how this will/could affect other wildlife.
I would love to hear whether this works. When we fill the feeders at my sister's house in ROC - Dad enjoys watching the comings and goings - we are overwhelmed by the local squirrel population.
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