Date: 11/11/24 2:09 pm From: Paul Bannick via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Crows Tearing Up Grass in Auburn
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...> 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...>
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> On Nov 11, 2024, at 1:30 PM, <garrettwhaynes...> via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> 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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