[Tweeters] Crows Tearing Up Grass in Auburn

[Scott Ramos via Tweeters]

At Magnuson Park, there are periodic bicycle races that use part of the
lawns for their racecourse. In theory, there is work between the park and
the race organizers to 'repair' the places on the lawn that get quite
chewed up. Part of the recovery includes planting new grass seed. While
this may be attractive to a number of species, it's mostly Ring-billed
Gulls and Crows that come to consume the free meal. I've watched both as
they feed and they are not only plucking the seeds but digging and turning
over the loose surface, leaving an aeration effect.

Scott Ramos
Seattle


On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 2:01 PM Paul Bannick via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> i agree with Connie!  Flickers and racoons are doing the same thing.  They

> would not do this if there were not lots of readily accessible tasty treats

> to be had.

>

> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 1:48 PM Constance Sidles via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

>> Hey tweets, my understanding is that the crows are not responsible for

>> tearing up lawns. The grubs are responsible by eating the roots of the

>> grass. The crows merely turn over the divots. Crows are actually helping

>> lawns but eating the grubs. - Connie, Seattle

>>

>> constancesidles at gmail.com

>>

>> On Nov 11, 2024, at 1:30 PM, garrettwhaynes at me.com via Tweeters <

>> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>>

>> Hello Tweets,

>>

>> I wanted to check the tweeter sphere on a crow phenomenon to see if

>> anyone else is having the same problem. The crows here in Auburn have been

>> ripping up the grass around here. I mean really tearing it up and leaving

>> huge piles and chunks of grass in their wake. Looks like aeration jobs from

>> hell everywhere.  They've torn up sections of the grass by Auburn High

>> School, parts of my parents yard, neighbors yards, etc. None of us have

>> ever seen crows wreak destruction on grass like this before. We have heard

>> through the grapevine it's because they are going after grubs, so maybe

>> there is some unusually large grub crop and they are going crazy for them

>> and tearing out the grass to get to them?

>>

>> Garrett Haynes

>> Auburn, WA

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