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Jonno wrote:
Well crows have feelings too. Theyre known to be about as smart as dogs.
Theyre all thieves. But their "women" appreciate this daring approach to
survival.



Heh, that makes 'em as smart as... um, Britney and Kate Moss. Okay, not
hard, but they tend to get the hots for the bad boy crim types of their
species, too. Rock on, crows!


They have gotten a few of my golf balls over the years too......



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Heh, that makes 'em as smart as... um, Britney and Kate Moss. Okay, not
hard, but they tend to get the hots for the bad boy crim types of their
species, too. Rock on, crows!



They have gotten a few of my golf balls over the years too......


Who, Kevin Federline and Pete Doherty?

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They have gotten a few of my golf balls over the years too......


Recently?

They have been turning up in my yard. We were discussing it at morning
tea as to whether it was some idiot driving golf balls in their yard or
crows.

We've had a continuing problem with white pebbles from the driveway next
door migrating here. I always blamed little boys, but I guess the crows
were probably the culprits.

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They have gotten a few of my golf balls over the years too......


Recently?

They have been turning up in my yard. We were discussing it at morning tea
as to whether it was some idiot driving golf balls in their yard or crows.

We've had a continuing problem with white pebbles from the driveway next
door migrating here. I always blamed little boys, but I guess the crows
were probably the culprits.

They've done a runner with all my pretty pebbles in the bird bath!

Linda


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They have gotten a few of my golf balls over the years too......

Recently?

They have been turning up in my yard. We were discussing it at morning tea
as to whether it was some idiot driving golf balls in their yard or crows.

We've had a continuing problem with white pebbles from the driveway next
door migrating here. I always blamed little boys, but I guess the crows
were probably the culprits.

They've done a runner with all my pretty pebbles in the bird bath!

Linda


Damn goes to show, crow bait is availalble. No one would have thought.
Here am i writing about sticks and stones. Stone the crows....


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odonata28 (Linda) wrote:
"Terryc" wrote in message
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k wrote:

They have gotten a few of my golf balls over the years too......
Recently?

They have been turning up in my yard. We were discussing it at morning
tea as to whether it was some idiot driving golf balls in their yard or
crows.

We've had a continuing problem with white pebbles from the driveway next
door migrating here. I always blamed little boys, but I guess the crows
were probably the culprits.

They've done a runner with all my pretty pebbles in the bird bath!

Linda

Damn goes to show, crow bait is availalble. No one would have thought.
Here am i writing about sticks and stones. Stone the crows....


indeed LOL
Linda


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Damn goes to show, crow bait is availalble. No one would have thought.
Here am i writing about sticks and stones. Stone the crows....


Mmm talking about bait, I may try scattering some pebbles around that area
of the yard and put a balloon on a string near the pebbles. Next, place some
drawing pins between the balloon and myself, then pull string when crow is
conveniently close. Watch crows face when balloon bursts. I'm sure the
neighbours already think I'm potty, so it won't make much difference.

I'm tired of running outside and they see me approaching now. My husband
couldn't be bothered anymore after the first few runs. Had a go with a short
burst on the hose but other than there being a hose pipe ban on, it doesn't
reach as far as I'd like it to and there's an obstacle in the way. The crows
have also spotted my hand reaching for the hose just outside the door and
they fly off before I can get the pleasure of squirting them.

Next stop dynamite.



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Damn goes to show, crow bait is availalble. No one would have thought.
Here am i writing about sticks and stones. Stone the crows....


Mmm talking about bait, I may try scattering some pebbles around that area
of the yard and put a balloon on a string near the pebbles. Next, place some
drawing pins between the balloon and myself, then pull string when crow is
conveniently close. Watch crows face when balloon bursts. I'm sure the
neighbours already think I'm potty, so it won't make much difference.

I'm tired of running outside and they see me approaching now. My husband
couldn't be bothered anymore after the first few runs. Had a go with a short
burst on the hose but other than there being a hose pipe ban on, it doesn't
reach as far as I'd like it to and there's an obstacle in the way. The crows
have also spotted my hand reaching for the hose just outside the door and
they fly off before I can get the pleasure of squirting them.

Next stop dynamite.



Simple, put some strands of fishing line where they steal their
diamonds. Flying into invisible fishing line un nerves them and they
wont be back.
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"Jonno" wrote in message
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Cynthia wrote:
Damn goes to show, crow bait is availalble. No one would have thought.
Here am i writing about sticks and stones. Stone the crows....


Mmm talking about bait, I may try scattering some pebbles around that
area of the yard and put a balloon on a string near the pebbles. Next,
place some drawing pins between the balloon and myself, then pull string
when crow is conveniently close. Watch crows face when balloon bursts.
I'm sure the neighbours already think I'm potty, so it won't make much
difference.

I'm tired of running outside and they see me approaching now. My husband
couldn't be bothered anymore after the first few runs. Had a go with a
short burst on the hose but other than there being a hose pipe ban on, it
doesn't reach as far as I'd like it to and there's an obstacle in the
way. The crows have also spotted my hand reaching for the hose just
outside the door and they fly off before I can get the pleasure of
squirting them.

Next stop dynamite.



Simple, put some strands of fishing line where they steal their diamonds.
Flying into invisible fishing line un nerves them and they wont be back.


Just make sure hubby knows the fishing line's there too...


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Damn goes to show, crow bait is availalble. No one would have thought.
Here am i writing about sticks and stones. Stone the crows....


Mmm talking about bait, I may try scattering some pebbles around that area
of the yard and put a balloon on a string near the pebbles. Next, place
some drawing pins between the balloon and myself, then pull string when
crow is conveniently close. Watch crows face when balloon bursts. I'm sure
the neighbours already think I'm potty, so it won't make much difference.

I'm tired of running outside and they see me approaching now. My husband
couldn't be bothered anymore after the first few runs. Had a go with a
short burst on the hose but other than there being a hose pipe ban on, it
doesn't reach as far as I'd like it to and there's an obstacle in the way.
The crows have also spotted my hand reaching for the hose just outside the
door and they fly off before I can get the pleasure of squirting them.

Next stop dynamite.



Hmmm we could go all Mythbusters on this one....a robotic, missile enabled
scarecrow perhaps?




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