Tag Archives: crows

Neighbour feeding birds – ASBO??

I have a fear of birds (laugh if you want but its serious!) and my horrid neighbour always puts food out for the birds, not a proper feeder just stale bread and rotten fruit. She says its for her kids benifit but we live in a lovely town with a river with lots of ducks and swans surely the kid would prefer going for a walk and feeding the ducks than standing at the window watching crows and seagulls fighting over scraps!

It really freaks me out and I also worry about the fact stale food is left lying for days attracting all types of vermon! I read about someone getting an ASBO for feeding birds – think I could do that?

crows and magpies – risk of attacks?

when birds like crows and magpies decide to visit sometime your window or your yard – sometimes they can go on visit even when you dont feed them – is there risk at times they to become agressive? at your yard or window? they are maybe friendly at the beginning but there comes a time when they have littles and bring them to your yard or window as a place to hang out… is there risk they to attack you in order to keep their littles safe?

How to make friends with Black Birds / Crows?

There are lots of wild Black Birds where I live in NW-AR, besides the noise they can make I think they are really cool. I know it’s illegal to keep one as a pet, though lots of people are ‘friends’ with them. Feeding them brings em around, but as soon as they catch a glimpse of me inside the house they take off. Even if they never let me touch them, I’d like em to let me within a few feet to talk to and look at them. I know it sounds crazy to some people, but I really would like to get closer to these birds and can’t find info on google. thanks in advance!

What the heck is going on with all these crows in New Jersey?

I’m looking around here and there are like a million of them everywhere! Do People feed the darn things here or are they a protected State bird or something like that?

Fledgling Western Bluebirds vs. Crows?

I have western bluebirds that have left their nest box. The parent birds are still very protective of the nest box whenever I get close to it even though it’s empty. I’m assuming that the fledglings must still be close by. There are quite a few large black crows hanging around my yard. Do they eat baby birds?

Is it so that when one reports a bird that is too young to fly, to the R.S.P.B /R.S.P.C.A.?

We found a bird, which was being attacked (pecked at) by crows, yesterday. at 11.18a.m. We brought the bird about size of a hand, into our home, and rang up the royal society for the protection of birds!
They said to place bird in a box in a quite cool room, and one of their agents would collect the same. The bird was still not able to fly it must have fallen out it’s nest! It seemed uninjured but obviously it needed feeding and i tried to mash up a worm for it but the bird ner really ate it.albeit the bird did drink a little water. At 8 p.m. and three more calls to the R.S.P.B. I had to go out. My Son, thought they were not calling and as He is scared of Birds, He put itin our back garden. But a Woman did call before 9pm and albeit hey went in garden could not find the bird. Callus again if you find the bird in the morning.
Luckily the little bird survived and was there this morning, all it needed was food crushed up and a week or so in a secure aviary, so he/she could practice how to fly, as it would try but did not know how too.
So we phoned up the R.S.P.B .we were informed an agent would call today, albeit no time was given .
I gave my Son’s mobile number and my landline number.
Within an hour He had a call from the R.S.P.B. on his mobile.
The same woman that called last night, told to my Son, to take the harmless little bird, to Wood Street vets to have it put down, As she could not be bothered to call again!

I thought that this body of people who are a charity, are there to protect birds, not say put them down cause they can no be bothered to call again!
Can anyone advise me please.
tanking you all that may
The number for the rspca is the same as for the rspb =03001234999
I don’t know what to do I can no look after this bird he needs professional help and time to learn how to fly! That is all he must have dropped from his nest yet she states over phone to My Son, She can no be bothered take him to vets to have put down !
thank you Beau and thank you Wacky, I am going to report her I notice on both their sites one has to report on their site to them in ‘contact us’. I live @ mo; in Barnet.

Trying to identify the bird that ate my tomato’s?

I live in New York City (Northern Manhattan) and I planted some tomato’s in a large flower pot and put it on my fire escape. They sprouted and were growing strong but one day I caught this group of black birds with yellowish dots and a yellowish pointy beak eating my crop. They have a nest inside an electrical box under the 1st floor fire escape (I live on the 2nd floor). They look like crows but just smaller and the sparrows and pigeons don’t even mess with them. What are these birds? Is anyone familiar with them. I’ve always seen them but never thought about what they are until they robbed me of my plants. On the internet the only birds that they look like are Grackles but they don’t have a purplish head.
YESSS!!! Its the the European Starling I just a pic of one. Thanks!!!