Some say they're hesitant to dine where the crows tend to hang out, as the birds have been known to ruin people's dinner. KGO -- Thousands of crows are leaving Downtown Sunnyvale residents and visitors with a list of grievances. Sidewalks are coated in white with bird droppings, the crows are interrupting dinners and their "caws" are creating noise issues. At dusk on Tuesday, the large group of crows could've been mistaken for a scene straight out of a movie.
Hampton was referring to the large group of crows that made another nightly return to Downtown Sunnyvale. A group of crows is called a "murder. Swaminathan Sundaramurthy was in the downtown area with his 2-year-old son on Tuesday.
He explained, "It's fascinating at some level, but I'm not really a big fan of them to be honest. Because they do tend to congregate in very large numbers, and they create a lot of ruckus.
It's that ruckus- the noise and the mess coating sidewalks and outside seating areas, that is forcing city leaders to find a different way to keep downtown crow-free. In the past, we've had falcons, we've put reflectors in our trees, and nothing seems to help," Mayor Larry Klein explained. Mayor Klein said the Downtown Association is even providing lasers to restaurants along historic Murphy Avenue.
Real close! I know a few people that have. If he's having dinner on Murphy Ave. It's just when they start coming around when the sun goes down. Hampton and others told ABC7 News about measures they've seen elsewhere, including recorded crow distress calls, pyrotechnics, even hanging effigies of dead crows. These are suggestions also posted by the Humane Society of the United States.
