Early morning crow problem.

Gosub

Can someone please tell me why a crow is banging on my downstairs windows, early in the morning?

Better still, can anyone please tell me how to stop the little fecker?

The house is in the countryside. He/she does a lot of cawing before starting to bang on the glass.

dodderangler

Probably eating insects on bottom of windowsill or he's trying to get at something behind the window or he's not liking his reflection much

Woodville56

Having a similar type experience here but it's not really bothering me as I've become accustomed to it now - most mornings around 6/7 am I hear corvids on the roof - checked it our on a few occasions and counted at least 30 jackdaws walking about on the slate roof and cawing incessantly. Once disturbed, they fly into surrounding trees but come back when I disappear indoors. Mostly they just appear to congregate there early mornings , seldom see them in these numbers during daytime. They don't really bother me , just curious about why they gather there - some kind of post roost congregation thing or something? - like rooks congregate near roost site before evening roost, only with my jackdaws, it's a morning thing !

recedite

Gosub wrote: »

crow is banging on my downstairs windows, early in the morning?

Is there anything that looks like food visible inside the window? Was anyone else living there recently who put scraps out "for the birds".

Gosub

recedite wrote: »

Is there anything that looks like food visible inside the window? Was anyone else living there recently who put scraps out "for the birds".

Nothing that looks like food and it's a new house. The bugger just seems to like the noise it makes banging on the triple glazing.

recedite

Could the same crow have been getting inside during the building phase, while the builders were having their sambos in there?

One time I was in a new house a couple of months after the owners had moved in. They happened to mention that they had a terrible mouse problem. I happened to know that this particular house was earlier used by all the various builders working on the scheme as a place to gather and have their lunch together. I decided it was best not to mention that though, and just nodded sympathetically

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I had this at my new house many years ago and the cause was threefold. They were definitely feeding on spiders around the frame. They, in my case were also attracted to the linseed in the putty. And when feeding they became aware of their reflections, causing them the tap the window at them. If you want it stopped just string thread across the widow blocking their access to the glass - bluetak will hold it to the walls.

recedite

Yes, but there wouldn't be putty in a new window nowadays. The spider theory is a possibility; maybe a spider on the inside, and the crow sees it but can't get it?

vistafinder

My buddy was telling me he has the same problem with an upstairs window always the same window. So he photocopied Roberto Baggios face and stuck it to the window

It stopped for a while but the bird is at another window now.

hairyprincess

We had this a few months back. It was breeding time for grey crows and this one bird tapped at almost every window in the house starting at 6 in the morning. He was fighting with his reflection in the window thinking it was another bird taking away his love interest!
The only way to stop him was to put newspapers on the windows at nighttime. He stopped after about a month or so but the window sills were rotten with droppings and the windows were filthy.

Gosub

Thanks all. He hasn't been visiting us for over a week now, so we're hoping he's found another victim seen the error of his ways.

The spider theory is a good one, but he would bang for ages if not chased away. I don't think we have that many spiders. There was no food waste during the build as our builder was very good about his crew not using the house for breaks at any stage.

I'm going with the 'fighting with himself' theory. Let's hope he's more secure with his love status and can live in peace with his crowette.

Again, thanks for the input.

kerry4sam

Gosub wrote: »

Can someone please tell me why a crow is banging on my downstairs windows, early in the morning?

Better still, can anyone please tell me how to stop the little fecker?

The house is in the countryside. He/she does a lot of cawing before starting to bang on the glass.

Similar to my issue with them:

I'd be up at about 5:30am for work and when I'm in the kitchen for breakfast I'd see them hanging off out bird-feeders. They'd be towering over the feeders, but always scarper when I go out back.
Not long after then all the lickle birdies come out from hiding and start their feed. Lovely start to my mornings watching these guys eat and bath in water-bath in our back garden.

My Late Loving Dad made this bird-house, but the crows just dominate and scare off the lickle dudes.
kerry4sam