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Auburn continues its crow hazing

By The Citizen staff report

Monday, November 16, 2009 11:59 PM EST

The city of Auburn will wrap up later this week its annual effort to keep some winged visitors from getting too cozy.

The city's 10-day crow hazing program began last Monday. Every day, city crews have been out from 4 to 8 a.m. and again from 4 to 8 p.m. with lasers, pyrotechnics and call boxes to aggravate the large number of crows settling in the area for the season.

The hazing will continue through Thursday, according to city officials.

The city has been carrying out the crow hazing program for more than five years, Auburn Superintendent of Public Works Jerry DelFavero said last week. It was first designed by the federal government as a way to keep the troublesome flocks of crows from congregating in the city.

DelFavero said the city has occasionally carried out the program two times during the same season when crows returned in large numbers.

Though the birds are known for their intelligence, local residents and officials have complained about the noise and messes created by the crows.

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There are 5 comment(s)

cnysucks wrote on Nov 17, 2009 10:27 PM:

" we used to have crow shoots "

horseradish wrote on Nov 17, 2009 2:56 PM:

" Especially since the crows have been here for centuries...

The people are way more a nuisance than the crows, should we just start shooting them too? "

childofthekorn1318 wrote on Nov 17, 2009 1:20 PM:

" The crows are not a menace at all, I don't understand why everyone is so intent on getting rid of them? I personally like seeing 20,000 crows in the trees in auburn. It's truly a sight to see. They also clean up alot of food litter that is left on the streets. Not to mention, we always talk about not interupting nature and their natural environment, well the Crows have chosen this as their environment, why should we move them? "

Mr. Cynical wrote on Nov 17, 2009 11:58 AM:

" Personally, I am rooting for the crows. They are far more intelligent than the average resident of Auburn, and judging from the amount of trash I see downtown, much cleaner. "

horseradish wrote on Nov 17, 2009 7:46 AM:

" how dumb can you be? "

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