AMERICAN CROWS - ICWDM Home Page（美国乌鸦u2014u2014ICWDM主页）.pdfVIP

Ron J. Johnson Extension Wildlife Specialist AMERICAN CROWS Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0819 Fig. 1. American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos (also called the common crow or eastern crow) Damage Prevention and Frightening Trapping Control Methods Use with roosts, crops, and some other Check laws before trapping. situations. Frightening devices Australian crow decoy traps may Exclusion include recorded distress or alarm be useful near a high-value crop or calls, pyrotechnics, various sound- other areas where a resident Netting to exclude crows from high- producing devices, chemical population is causing damage. value crops or small areas. frightening agents (Avitrol®), lights, Proper care of traps and decoy Protect ripening corn in gardens by bright objects, high-pressure water birds is necessary. covering each ear with a paper cup spray, and, where appropriate, Capture single crows uninjured in size or sack after the silk has turned shotguns. No. 0 or No. 1 steel traps that have brown. Repellents the jaws wrapped with cloth or rub- Widely-spaced lines or wires placed None are registered.