Crow problem in Oneida NY ya gotta read the readers comments

[Donna]

ONEIDA — Mayor Peter Hedglon is encouraging city residents to band together to show migratory crows they’re unwelcome in the city.

“They roost in trees and make a mess,� he said in a statement issued Thursday.

Hedglon says he’s contacted experts at Cornell University Lab of Ornithology and a citizen’s group in Pennsylvania.

“It appears that the best way to deal with these migratory crows is to have a community-wide volunteer effort to encourage the crows to not roost around residences and/or commercial structures,� he says.

The mayor’s holding a City Hall meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. to put together a group of volunteers to deal with the crows. He’s tapped Donald Kingsley to chair the group.

“I anticipate that the committee will use noise and bright lights to encourage crows to move away from residences and commercial buildings,� Hedglon says.

The mayor reminds residents it’s illegal to shoot a firearm within the city’s inside district. “No individuals should use any type of firearms, fireworks, or other potentially injury-producing device or tactics to harass the crows.�

For those seeking information on crow strategies, he suggest visiting the website:

www.lancastercrows.org

http://www.oneidadispatch.com/articles/2009/12/03/news/doc4b18912740087492588032.txt
Comments..people are NUTS!!!  (scroll to bottom for comments)

[MAK]

People are ignorant Donna, always have been ,always will be. It's a human thing, unfortunately nature suffers.                                                                                                                         I live in the city of Rochester and every day at dawn and dusk I watch hundreds of crows grace the skys moving east to west in the morning and vice versa at night. I wish I knew where they went but at least now because of this article you posted I understand a bit more about them.

[Donna]

People are ignorant Donna, always have been ,always will be. It's a human thing, unfortunately nature suffers.                                                                                                                         I live in the city of Rochester and every day at dawn and dusk I watch hundreds of crows grace the skys moving east to west in the morning and vice versa at night. I wish I knew where they went but at least now because of this article you posted I understand a bit more about them.

I'd be honored to have crows or Vultures roosting in my yard..what a THRILL!

[Bird Crazy]

Are there actually more ignorant people in the world or is it just that the internet allows us to notice them?  Some of those comments are a prime example of what is wrong with the human race.

All birds but cowbirds are welcome to my yard.