Beware of Crows

[Jeff Smith]

Had a weird thing happen this morning. Was at work and a buddy asked me if I had a bag of trash in my truck. I told him yes and asked why. He siad the were about 4-5 crows hopping all over my truck. I ran out, chased them away and got rid of the trash.

I inspected the finish and all was OK.

The odd thing was this bag of trash was closed tight, no holes or tears in the side. Except for 1 or 2 little holes the crows pecked in it. The top of the bag was tied tight.

I just found this odd since the bag was in good shape that the crows took such an interest in it. I guess they have a keen sense of smell.

I just figured I would throw this out, especially for those truck owners who might haul trash from time to time. Beware of Crows.

[LiquidBlack]

Note to self. Don't leave bags of bird feed in the back of the truck.

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by LiquidBlack
Note to self. Don't leave bags of bird feed in the back of the truck.

[barrman]

whew at least there werent little scratches from their nails, or i'd have gone crow-hunting ;o)

[imacarnut]

yeah, it always seems that crows, ants, etc.. will find trash (aka:food to them) wherever you leave it, even for a split second.

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by barrman
whew at least there werent little scratches from their nails, or i'd have gone crow-hunting ;o)

Yep, as I walked back in my boss was giving me funny looks. I spent about 10 minutes inspecting the finish for issues. I guess it's good I did not find any as I had all my "GO-KITS" in the trunk and would have broken out the detailing goodies if I had found anything.

The boss likely would not have said a word about it as I told him I would do his 300-C at no charge. He isn;t about to mess up a good thing. Smart Man.

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by imacarnut
yeah, it always seems that crows, ants, etc.. will find trash (aka:food to them) wherever you leave it, even for a split second.

yeah, Just amazed me their sense of smell picked up on it like that.

[NYC2SoCal]

Without a doubt. Most animals have a great sense of smell. Crows have a keen sense for rotting meat.... Which leads me to wonder.... What did you have in that 150 pound, 5'9" bag? lol

[MTBPATH]

crows are smart birds as they associate that black trash bag like any other trash bag found in dumpster's or pile of trash.

even if there weren't a lot of discarded food inside, they can find something to their likings.

[cydewaze]

Maybe you need to mount a plastic owl on your truck, like this:

[Jeff Smith]

Originally posted by cydewaze
Maybe you need to mount a plastic owl on your truck, like this:

Or sit next to it with my Rifle.

Re: the owl. We actually use those "Inside" out aircraft hanger to attempt to kkep the birds from doing their business all over the mulit-Million dollar birds. Doesn't work very well.

[Pete-FWA]

Jeff, glad they didn't do any damage. Crows hunt for trash like you and I would hunt for swirls on paint. We know where to look

Mount one of those owls as a hood ornament.
I miss the hood ornaments that are not on late model cars.