One of the more foreboding sights here in Ann Arbor is the immense flock of crows that rise and fall over the old growth trees in Forest Hill Cemetary and the Arboretum. As of two days ago, however, they have suddenly begun to settle in my neighborhood for the night. All night long, it's like having little yappy dogs arrayed around your house at bedroom level. When the wind picks up, they go silent. When that wind dies down, it's a cacophony.
In addition to the noise (which wakes up my 6 month-old), they have covered much of the immediate neighborhood with poop. My car is not even under a tree, and it is nearly completely overwhelmed. Apparently, they're only in three trees that triangulate around our house. Jill has just come running into the house from work, saying that she was dodging splatter bombs all the way from the car, which she parked across the street.
So, what do I do? It is illegal to fire weapons within the city limits, and I don't own a shotgun anyway. Some people have suggested a fake owl. The US Air Force uses a recording of a falcon's call to scare them off of runways. Fireworks? Insults? Celine Dion?
I'm glad that the crows were not wiped out by West Nile a few years ago, but I wish that they'd keep to the Arboretum.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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Yes, those were pretty terrifying even from Em's apartment. When I got there one evening she exclaimed "It's like a scene from The Birds out there!" Come inside, quick!
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ReplyDeleteThey were going crazy this morning as well! I stopped by Em's early to pick up some stuff, and they were all up in your hood Ka-kawing away!
ReplyDeleteI like birds. I'm ashamed to say, I really don't like these specific birds. In addition to it sounding like it's "raining" as I sprint from the car to the porch, I have this irrational fear that given the chance they would fly off with the baby. So, I protected her by hanging the evil eye pin that Thecla gave us on the mobile over her crib. Now the schnauzers in the tree can't get her.
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