Several staff have been dive bombed by an over enthusiastic crow recently and are now scared to leave the building. What are our options?
I expect lots of puns and piss taking, but perhaps within the usual STW melee there might be a sensible suggestion!
Which breed?
Let them be ... 😀
Add some amusements to already dull existence I guess ...
You can shoot them, but needs to be done safely (i.e. no others) and humanely (to the crow)
What is the crow enthusiastic about, how are you going to recognise the right crow to shoot?
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As they're in the building anyway you could offer them some overtime?
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and some bath gels
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Let the staff dress up..
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this thread has thrown a malicious page threat, some hunting ad.
Which breed?
corvus bastardius
what's the bath gels gonna do? make them smell nice? 😀
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Tragic accident 🙁
Zip ties are the answer
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He looks a bit grumpy, do your fellow colleagues?
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what's the bath gels gonna do? make them smell nice?
Better than 'ol blue eyes' launching ball bearings off in to the air.
I don't know how good a shot he is 🙂
how are you going to recognise the right crow to shoot?
The black one.
I am tempted to apply the MTFU option. I'll get them to ride the scary buzzard trail in Yair Forest, then they will really know what a scary flesh shredding bird is like.
You can TRY to shoot a crow. But the crow will know fine well and scarper quick sharp. Clever birds like.
We have this problem every year with nesting seagulls in Cornwall.
The humane solution is a Super Soaker water pistol.
Makes you fell all manly and "call of duty" by taking out the flying pests, without actually harming them.
Crows are super intelligent and will soon get the message. Gulls however are as dumb as soup.
It's illegal to shoot groups of crows as it's classed as murder.
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Surely the best option is to get a new office that affords wonderful views of the weakest staff members getting mauled?
You can stone them.
you need to give the staff something to swing at them.
the name's on the tin.
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Manning the **** up?What are our options?
Crows are ace...only a **** would [i]genuinely[/i] wish to harm one.
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stevied: since when was Ross Noble an authority on crows?...
Find a small elephant that needs to learn to fly,that should keep them busy.
FFS tell 'em to get a grip, you're in the countryside.
And no, you can't shoot crows there if it's a public place and/or likely to 'overshoot' a public thoroughfare.
Years ago used to see them hung upside down on fences to ward off the devil!
It'd be fun though.
Years ago used to see them hung upside down on fences to ward off the devil
Yup me too but it was to show the landowner that the gamekeeper was doing their job not anything to do with the devil.
Just pick them out with your finger like everyone else.
Be careful if you do try, some might shoot back:
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Years ago used to see them hung upside down on fences to ward off the devil!
that's a bat mate.
😀 at ^
That's a Robin Stevied.
This one can shoot back.
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I had two pet crows. Pretty intelligent birds! Cool story I know. 😉
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Ian Brown was in Hawk the Slayer??!! WTF!
Issue these to anyone being hassled:
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Could you buy some cap guns and give those to the affected staff?
A few bangs and a whiff of gunpowder should persuade the crow to desist.
I asked this coupla years ago and Cougar has beaten me to the best reply back then.
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You can TRY to shoot a crow. But the crow will know fine well and scarper quick sharp. Clever birds like.
Indeed. If you do shoot one all it's mates will gang up on you.
