And this morning, they were still here.
The crows, thousands of them, still circling around parking lots, rifling through garbage bags, and standing watch in the trees.
Their voices can be heard throughout the city, although perhaps the sound they are making this morning is that of laughter.
They could be laughing at the hunters who missed the target this weekend. Or they could be laughing at the absurdity of it all, a city passionate and divided over birds.
Don't be confused into believing that the crow hunt is a solution to the crow problem. With only 386 crows killed last year, and 1,067 this year, the hunt is not a solution. There are tens of thousands of crows, and they aren't going to change their roosting home due to the shoot, not unless you kill every last one of them.
And that won't happen.
The crow shoot has become a made-for-media staged event, with t-shirts and stickers and crowmobiles and outraged protesters.
It's a chance to be seen, a shotgun-toting yee haw good time, an opportunity for the average hunter to get his or her picture in the paper. We have to wonder whether the crow hunt would fizzle into an afterthought if the media decided to no longer cover the event.
If the shooting (photos) stopped, would the shooting stop? If a crow falls in the woods, and there's no one around to write about it, did it make a sound?
Because the crow hunt is just not effective.
It's just a hunt, no different than any other hunt. Crow hunting season runs from Sept. 1-March 31, Fridays to Mondays, so if organizers of the crow hunt actually intended to reduce the crow population, they'd be out every weekend.
Instead, this is just a singular event, a special event which was created due to the large number of crows which roost in the Auburn area for the winter.
And, strangely enough, that type of special event is exactly what members of the city's crow committee are proposing. That group has hosted informational discussions, and are considering the creation of events and contests to showcase the black bird.
Ultimately, both crow supporters and hunters are involved in celebrating the uniqueness of Auburn, and drawing attention to the community.
The two groups just have vastly different ways of expressing themselves.
Their voices can be heard throughout the city, although perhaps the sound they are making this morning is that of laughter.
They could be laughing at the hunters who missed the target this weekend. Or they could be laughing at the absurdity of it all, a city passionate and divided over birds.
Don't be confused into believing that the crow hunt is a solution to the crow problem. With only 386 crows killed last year, and 1,067 this year, the hunt is not a solution. There are tens of thousands of crows, and they aren't going to change their roosting home due to the shoot, not unless you kill every last one of them.
And that won't happen.
The crow shoot has become a made-for-media staged event, with t-shirts and stickers and crowmobiles and outraged protesters.
It's a chance to be seen, a shotgun-toting yee haw good time, an opportunity for the average hunter to get his or her picture in the paper. We have to wonder whether the crow hunt would fizzle into an afterthought if the media decided to no longer cover the event.
If the shooting (photos) stopped, would the shooting stop? If a crow falls in the woods, and there's no one around to write about it, did it make a sound?
Because the crow hunt is just not effective.
It's just a hunt, no different than any other hunt. Crow hunting season runs from Sept. 1-March 31, Fridays to Mondays, so if organizers of the crow hunt actually intended to reduce the crow population, they'd be out every weekend.
Instead, this is just a singular event, a special event which was created due to the large number of crows which roost in the Auburn area for the winter.
And, strangely enough, that type of special event is exactly what members of the city's crow committee are proposing. That group has hosted informational discussions, and are considering the creation of events and contests to showcase the black bird.
Ultimately, both crow supporters and hunters are involved in celebrating the uniqueness of Auburn, and drawing attention to the community.
The two groups just have vastly different ways of expressing themselves.
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