Crows attacking arena mirrors!!

[Paint Me Proud]

We have had a pair of big crows move in at the yard and the bloody things are a nightmare. They have decided that the other crows they can see in the arena mirrors must be attacked at every opportunity and they just fly full pelt with craws flailing at the mirrors.
As you can imagine it makes quite a noise and they do it when people are trying to ride and as you can image the racket and flapping has been spooking the horses. It's also making a complete mess of the mirrors.

Can any one offer any suggestion of ways to deter them, or even better get rid of them all together?

One was photographed on the yard today stealing someones sharp knife. They're arming themselves!!!

 

[jojo5]

Not sure if it works with something as wily as a crow, but isn't there something about having a model of a bird of prey sitting on a rooftop around the area you want to clear?

 

[Emms321]

No answer but can sympathise.
We have crows who do do this to our home and car windows ....... Nightmare.
Have tried a dummy Eagle Owl which we moved around but they quickly sussed that.

 

[calmgirl]

Did I imaging it, was hanging up a dead bird to scare away other birds in the old days?
Not that you'd fancy road kill hanging up in your out door...

They are very smart birds, try reasoning with them? lol

 

[VioletFlower]

I got rid of a pigeon problem by being ready with a hose for a couple of days and spraying them.

 

[Equi]

Crows can be shot.

 

[Regandal]

I got rid of a pigeon problem by being ready with a hose for a couple of days and spraying them.

Really? I have pigeons nesting in my stables and am pig sick of them. Would cheerfully shoot them. If I had a gun!

 

[twiggy2]

Really? I have pigeons nesting in my stables and am pig sick of them. Would cheerfully shoot them. If I had a gun!

I knock the nests out of the block I am in and they move along to the next one, we had chicks in the nest 3 weeks ago

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

We have had a pair of big crows move in at the yard and the bloody things are a nightmare. They have decided that the other crows they can see in the arena mirrors must be attacked at every opportunity and they just fly full pelt with craws flailing at the mirrors.
As you can imagine it makes quite a noise and they do it when people are trying to ride and as you can image the racket and flapping has been spooking the horses. It's also making a complete mess of the mirrors.

Can any one offer any suggestion of ways to deter them, or even better get rid of them all together?

One was photographed on the yard today stealing someones sharp knife. They're arming themselves!!!

Yes we get this all the time and the scratches on the mirrors are quite bad but hey nothing I can do but laugh

 

[Tiddlypom]

My decoy birds of prey do seem to deter our mirror obsessed avian vandals. I've got this one and an owl at the other end.

 

[Equi]

only a rider can look at that last photo and go "phwoooooorrrr!!!!"

I'm moving to yours.

ps how did you get a photo without being in it?!

 

[Elbie]

One venue where we compete has a mirror and they had a collar dove constantly jumping at it. They put a model owl on the fence facing the mirror and the problem stopped.

 

[Tiddlypom]

ps how did you get a photo without being in it?!

Careful positioning!

 

[chocolategirl]

We had this problem a couple of years ago so husband shot one of them and hung it off one of the mirrors. They haven't been back since!

 

[Regandal]

I knock the nests out of the block I am in and they move along to the next one, we had chicks in the nest 3 weeks ago

I'll need ladders. As I have no head for heights, will bribe one of my sons. I believe they breed year round if there is a food supply. Pests.

 

[adamntitch]

Fake bop won't work as corvids are known to attack and mob owls and other bop so it can attract them more than help there much brainer than people think

 

[Paint Me Proud]

Fake bop won't work as corvids are known to attack and mob owls and other bop so it can attract them more than help there much brainer than people think

I was thinking that a model bird wouldnt be a great idea as i have seen them relentlessly pursuing and attacking the buzzard family that live by the yard, so they clearly arent bothered by birds of prey.

I'm going to clean the mirrors this weekend and see if they have actually done any damage.

 

[popsdosh]

There is a very simple cure ! Dead crows wont attack your mirrors.

 

[Tiddlypom]

The people who installed our mirrors recommended putting up a model bird of prey. Before we did so, our resident jackdaws were having a right go at the mirrors for hours at a time. Since the decoys went up two or three years ago, they've hardly bothered. Coincidence? Maybe, but I'm not taking the decoys down!

 

[Pinkvboots]

only a rider can look at that last photo and go "phwoooooorrrr!!!!"

I'm moving to yours.

ps how did you get a photo without being in it?!

I also thought what a place looks very classy doesn't it I think I will be moving as well

 

[Dave's Mam]

only a rider can look at that last photo and go "phwoooooorrrr!!!!"

I'm moving to yours.

ps how did you get a photo without being in it?!

Haha! I did that too!

 

[Identityincrisis]

only a rider can look at that last photo and go "phwoooooorrrr!!!!"
!

Haha! I did that too!

And me!!!! Beautiful arena!!

 

[Birker2020]

We have had a pair of big crows move in at the yard and the bloody things are a nightmare. They have decided that the other crows they can see in the arena mirrors must be attacked at every opportunity and they just fly full pelt with craws flailing at the mirrors.
As you can imagine it makes quite a noise and they do it when people are trying to ride and as you can image the racket and flapping has been spooking the horses. It's also making a complete mess of the mirrors.

Can any one offer any suggestion of ways to deter them, or even better get rid of them all together?

One was photographed on the yard today stealing someones sharp knife. They're arming themselves!!!

We used to get this at my old yard, they completely ruined the one corner of the mirror over time. I don't think we ever came up with an answer, no doubt its happening again and again.

 

[Beausmate]

Pest controller/falconer type bod?

 

[Dubsie]

http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/bird-silhouettes-window-stickers.html
stop crows attacking our patio doors

 

[Tiddlypom]

I'm going to clean the mirrors this weekend and see if they have actually done any damage.

I hope that the mirrors aren't damaged. Mine weren't, though they were covered in streaks of spit and blood from the headbutting jackdaws. It cleaned off ok, though.

And me!!!! Beautiful arena!!

Thank you, and also thanks to the others who made kind remarks about my arena. Still can't quite believe that it's mine, we were here for 25 years before it was installed. I used to mark out a grass arena in the same spot .