[Tweeters] Crows Tearing Up Grass in Auburn

[Robert O'Brien via Tweeters]

Yep.  See iNaturalist
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=46&subview=map&taxon_id=360019
Bob OBrien  Carver OR

On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 3:37 PM Shelf Life Community Story Project via
Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> It’s the invasive chafer beetle in grub stage that the crows love. It is

> probably impossible to do anything to stop it. The crows are eating an

> invasive species, so that’s good. Lawns aren’t all that climate friendly

> anyway; they require watering and often fertilizer. The arrival of the

> chafer beetle may signal a necessary shift away from lawns.

>

> Jill

>

> 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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