[NatureNS] Massive areas of Dug-up Grassy Turf in Berwick???

Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:23:16 -0300
From: Ken MacAulay <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca>
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I had a similar experience here in Port Mouton several years ago.  Despite
much local opinion that skunks or raccoons were to blame, the culprit turned
out to be crows.  This went on for weeks, the minute I left for work until I
got home and there was a presence in the yard.  Very aggravating!  They were
presumably doing me a favour by eating June Bug and leather jacket
(daddy/jenny long legs?) larvae.  I noticed also that if I cut the grass and
left any larger pile of clippings which turned brown before being picked up,
this caught the crows attention and they immediately dug up the area,
presumably thinking that bug larvae underneath had killed the grass and a
feast was waiting.
Ken MacAulay
Port Mouton, NS
+8 C, rain

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