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Post by Harold Smith on Mar 26, 2021 15:18:46 GMT
Crows are vandalising cars. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-51178250Since early last year me and my neighbours have been suffering from a gang of three crows. They see their image reflected in the car windscreens and try to attack it. Because they get no response they take it out on the wipers. On two occasions I have had to replace my front wipers and my rear wiper four times. The crows caused £120s worth of damage to one of my neighbours new Mercedes. We've tried all sorts of things to discourage them but they just keep coming back. We have found that the best protection is to place tubes over the wipers. On occasions they do attack the tubes but with little effect.  2021 03 26_0124 by Harold Smith, on Flickr  2021 03 26_0123 by Harold Smith, on Flickr If, after a journey, you forget to put the tubes back on the crows are quick to take advantage and its another trip to Halfords for replacements. It's strange, as it is only in the last year or so they have started doing this. One of the crows is about seven years old. I know this because it had a badly healed broken leg, when it was young, and has a permanent limp. For the last 40 years I have parked my car on the drive, as do my neighbours on theirs, and its never been a problem until now. Harold. |
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Post by Psamathe on Mar 26, 2021 18:03:54 GMT
I had the same problem last spring with rooks attacking my house and garage windows. They'd go for the glass then the window frame. did a fair amount of damage. Just one individual I think.
"Solved" by putting clink-film over the bottom half of the windows. Tried hanging CDs over lower part of window but in wind they keep "tapping at window" so you wonder if it's him again.
Not really a solution for a car though - you'd be forever putting on/taking off clingfilm (depending on car use frequency) and generating plastic waste.
BUT do double check the bird is not also going for and damaging the rubber seal round the windows (my wooden window frames (bit up by the glass) suffered fair amount of damage. Last year was the first year my local birds started as well.
(I assume it was a him - too many hormones and no female so trying to drive other birds away?)
Ian
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Post by rowanberry on Mar 27, 2021 10:05:09 GMT
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Post by Harold Smith on Mar 28, 2021 9:28:50 GMT
I did have a car cap but it was a complete failure. Bought it from Halfords who said it would fit my Ford Focus Estate. It just about covered the car. The first problem was that the elasticated hooks were too long. The second problem was that the hooks would not fit into the wheel arches properly. After some fiddling about I got the cap fixed. The next day there was a gale and the cap came off. Had to wait for the wind to die down before I could fit it back on. The third problem was that the crafty crows found a way of undoing the hooks. Even tried one of those shields that cover the windscreen and secured by flaps trapped in the doors. Either there was a fault in manufacturing of the flap or was too thick the rain got in and dripped onto the passenger seat. My neighbours tried all sort of things to discourage them but to no avail. Then one had the idea of enclosing the wipers in tubes. It was a good idea. There has been no damage to the wipers since then, as long as you remember to put them back on. Though the crows do attack the tubes they haven't been able to remove them and the attacks are less frequent. Harold. |
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