Crows! Ugh...

[Jeff Higgins]

Randy, we all understood what you said and why. You were completely ignorant of the applicable laws in our various states and at the federal level as well. Like I said, though - completely forgivable. Except, well, you stubbornly refused our help in attempting to explain them to you. And now you are simply being dishonest.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

Walked down to the dock on Friday afternoon and see a large crow (blackbird...I’m assuming it’s a crow) on top of the rolled up Bimini top on our (new) boat. As I approach he flies off. I look in the boat and it’s an absolute mess. Not sure if it was birdshlt or regurgitated food but it took me an hour to get it all cleaned up. Purple/yellow slime with various seeds, etc. Yuck. I lowered the Bimini top to rest on the engine cover hoping to take away his perch.

Fast forward 24 hours. I go to the boat...no bird this time but clearly he had been there. Another complete mess with the added bonus of two holes poked into the vinyl seat back near the bow. It looked like two pencil holes, perhaps done with a beak.

This time after cleanup I put the full boat cover on (a PITA) and as of now, no more mess. We use the boat routinely so keeping the cover on is not ideal. It’s on a boat lift in a covered dock.

What can I do to make my dock undesirable for Gods little creature? There’s already an owl decoy in plain view but he doesn’t seem impressed.

maybe this will help

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by RWebb

maybe this will help

Those holes would qualify as destructive so he doesn't need to wait for crow season.

[Chocaholic]

Well, so far, no sign of him after several days with the boat cover installed and bimini laying down...so, no firm place to land I suppose. Used some vinyl filler for the holes, better, but still noticeable. Hopefully he's found a more desirable boat to terrorize for the long-term!

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

Well, so far, no sign of him after several days with the boat cover installed and bimini laying down...so, no firm place to land I suppose. Used some vinyl filler for the holes, better, but still noticeable. Hopefully he's found a more desirable boat to terrorize for the long-term!

Sorry to have so thoroughly derailed your thread, Mike. Hopefully you can get on top of this for good. As you have seen, many of us have fought this battle in many different ways. Not all of us win. Good luck...