<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hello Garrett,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">About a year ago, my co-workers and I noticed crows enthusiastically tearing out the lawn at our workplace near Magnuson Park (North Seattle). According to this Seattle Times article, the crows are feeding on the larvae of the European chafer beetle. We've definitely seen them remove grubs from the lawn - very entertaining to watch.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Carla</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://infoweb-newsbank-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb-newsbank-com.us1.proxy.openathens.net&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=0DE28C3C18AE2B75&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F17FEB19C055D69C0">Seattle Times January 10, 2021</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM <a href="mailto:garrettwhaynes@me.com" target="_blank">garrettwhaynes@me.com</a> via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr">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? </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Garrett Haynes</div>
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