I nipped up to get changed for last night’s evening ride to find four crows had fallen down the chimney from their nest. In a scene Hitchcock would have envied they were flapping at the windows trying to escape.

There’s not much that freaks me, but flapping crows terrify me. I managed to get past them and open the window to let them out.

I immediately got up on the roof with some heavy duty chicken wire to stop them nesting in the chimney pots again.

Jeez. I think I’d have to get Mrs SR to deal with that one! 😳

I was freaked enough by a sparrow in my lounge. I think I’d leave 4 crows to it!

Bottle of Kia-Ora would have sorted them right out.

“to the orangery, four crows” ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LvLn9PWln8

That situation must have been hard to handle.

“to the orangery, four crows” ?

Well played 🙂

I was freaked enough by a sparrow in my lounge

Euphemism of the day…

You did all of that without taking pictures or video!

*awaits mcmoonters next thread. ” I’ve discovered a forgotten medieval rookery behind a bush in my garden and I’m restoring it…..”

You want to be careful, you might get done for attempted murder.

*awaits mcmoonters next thread. ” I’ve discovered a forgotten medieval rookery behind a bush in my garden and I’m restoring it…..”

….and a thread saying SNH are interested as they have discovered that mcmoont’s crows are not just any crow, but special Fife crows. A breed apart supposedly.

…and then another thread along the lines of ‘they decided to remake the classic 1963 Hitchcock film, the crew arrived this morning with Benedict Cucumberpatch to scope out the pool house as a venue….

I quite like crow but I wouldn’t have been choughed to have four in my bedroom.

*applauds*

That situation must have been hard to handle.

Luckily McMoonter was the man on the scene..

What was the remedy in the end?

I’m loving the Black Crowes references. You should have shaken your money maker at them

Not read the thread yet so may have been done but

Anne Widdicomb

Teresa May

Jeremy Corbyn

Michael Winner

😕

I read ‘cows’ initially. This is Mc so I wasn’t too surprised

leffeboy – Member
I read ‘cows’ initially.

Me too. Must be herd of hearing.
On reflection, crows don’t seem so bad.

Pull the udder one and stop crowing about it.

I had a pet crow… No honestly I did. I will say they are very intelligent, the little bugger would laugh at me when he nipped me with his beak! Luckily I had never seen AH The Birds.

You sure it wasn’t just Jack going for the door?

Jeremy Corbyn Corvus

FTFY

What was the remedy in the end?

I put a big towel over my head and opened the window. They flew out.

There are a number of nesting crows in the woods. It’s happened once or twice before with full grown crows. We’ve had to throw a travelling rug over them to catch them. They are as big as a dog and put up a fight.

Yesterday’s intruders were about half sized, still plenty big enough on the scare you stupid scale.

Over the last couple of years we’ve had some low budget and student film makers to work here. A friend recommended us to Location Scotland, I’m not certain what we might be letting ourselves in for. MO&A might be on to something.

No sense hovering round, muster your resources and parcel them out the window. Crikey, these puns are murder – I’ve been hording them for ages.

If you see some crow they are Rooks. Or something

Cougar – Moderator

You want to be careful, you might get done for attempted murder

Like what you did there *applause*

You wouldn’t last long in Oz.

Found a couple of snakes (highly poisonous) entwined in a loving embrace in my then 3 year old’s bedroom. Actually she found them and then came through calmly to tell me to come and have a look.

If you see some crow they are Rooks. Or something

If there’s more than one crow they are rooks, if there is only one rook its a crow.

Take a crucifix to bed tonight .
Just in case .
We had a single crow once. V sooty mess!