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We go into their area and harass them with tools like pyrotechnics, high powered lights, distress calls, remote-controlled aircraft.
(01/10/12) In Watertown, wildlife biologists will be out "crow hazing" tonight. They're trying to scare away the city's huge winter population of the birds. It's estimated there are as many as 30,000 crows roosting in Watertown right now. Nora Flaherty has more. more
There are very particular areas they like to go. Maybe on top of the state office building. I see them there at night.
(09/16/11) It's not winter quite yet...but Watertown is already thinking about one recurring winter problem. Every year, the city's population increases dramatically--by the seasonal arrival of 15,000-20,000 crows.
The city considers the crows to be a nuisance and employs a tactic called "crow hazing"--it's generally, although not always, a non-lethal method to convince the crows to go elsewhere. The city council's in the process of deciding which of several crow hazing services to use for this task. Nora Flaherty spoke with Elliott Nelson at the city manager's office about Watertown's crow problem, and what "crow hazing" entails.
Crows are roosting in huge groups in cities all over the country. The USDA is trying to find ways to get them to go back to their natural habitat. (Photo by Paige Foster)
(02/09/05) Flocks of crows are nothing new in most cities. In the fall and winter months, crows forage for food during the day and roost in city trees at night. The birds like cities because they're safe and comfortable. The residents generally don't like the crows, though. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Skye Rohde reports.
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