It's "Attack of the Crows" Season in Seattle Again

I was attacked yesterday by three separate groups (pairs) of crows on Beacon Hill within a nine block area. One of them physically swiped the side of my face and a little later another hit the back of my head. A woman at our kid's tball practice was also attacked on her way to the field last night. Why would a pair of crows continue to follow and attack me when I've moved so far away from their nest/crow-protection zone? - 

I'm not convinced this is a common/perennial occurrence - these attacks were aggressive/excessive.  I think it has something to do with the surge in solar flare activity - which screwed up all of our AT&T text messages yesterday too. Regardless, crows are bastards - and so is AT&T. 

TOTALLY!!! Yikes. I was nearly hit walking to Metropolitan Market along 1st avenue (in front of Key Arena) by two birds who followed me almost 4 blocks!

Then, on my way home (I took the seattle center side of Key Arena trying to avoid these birds and a very possibly embarrassing experience as there were lines forming at the Arena) I was followed and swooped at again! I ducked under an awning and hung out there for a while before I ran home. :(

I guess this is how Seattle welcomes it's new residents!

Wow, I had no Idea but seriously it makes sense. I think if I were a bird, Normally defenseless, I would do it too. I can't blame them, for it is only instinct and that is a major part in life. However, I just had a very strange attack. They are following me all over Seattle!!! What do I do? It has been 3 days now and they are everywhere around me all the time. They swoop but it feels like they purposefully miss and they do land on my arm when I put it out but never without the extended arm. They are always crowing too which brings a lot of unwanted attention to me. However when they land they calm down it is almost as if they are pissed that I am not giving them attention. I do believe that it is "Baby" season though and I don't blame them if they are protective of their young. I would be too. But this is just flat out weird!

Okay, kdady, it must have been the same crow because I was just attacked in downtown Kirkland on Market street by a very aggressive bird! I couldn't believe it! I've never seen a bird act like that before. At first I was shocked, and then I couldn't stop laughing! It swooped down at my head and dug its claws into my hair! Other people saw it too and were shocked!

People of Kirkland beware!

I'm glad to have found this page after a crow attack in Kirkland today! A friend and I were walking our babies in strollers when a crow came up from behind and flew through my hair! I thought it was just a bad flyer until it turned around and headed straight back towards us. This was in downtown Kirkland in front of the shops! We crossed the street and it followed us across. I grabbed one of the little flags for crossing the street to fend off a possible 3rd swipe but I guess it left. I kept looking over my shoulder the rest of the walk. I had no idea the crows would fly at the faces of people.

Had to hunt for crow attacks this morning after seeing a truly disturbing sight while I was driving on Main Street in Vancouver, BC yesterday afternoon. As I was driving by in heavy traffic, I noticed two crows were pestering a rat at the edge of the curb. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon and the street was very busy. The rat was faced with certain death if it ran into the traffic away from the crows and, if it ran back to the sidewalk, it would more than likely be killed by the crows. I envisioned myself stopping and chasing the crows away but chose to make the decision to keep driving. I knew that the rat was doomed. Around six o'clock in the evening, I had to take another trip down Main Street. Not surprisingly, at the same corner, I saw a crow pecking at what was presumably the remains of the rat. There are many lessons to be learned from this observation. I am not sure that I am ready for all of them.:-)

My teenage daughter got attacked by crows on 6/5 while walking home from school on (usually) busy 3rd Ave. in Fremont/Ballard. After following her and cawing, one swooped down and hit the side of her face. She ran and stopped and then one hit the back of her head and also her bag. She felt confused and scared and didn't know what to do. They continued cawing and following her on the telephone wires up above. Finally, she just ran home as fast as she could. She was uninjured, but shaken up.

The previous day a group of them had followed me down the street cawing and reminding me of scenes from "The Birds".

Be careful out there!

I found this page after searching for information on crow attacks. For the past few days, I've been attacked by a crow every time I get more than a few feet away from my house. We live in West Seattle down by Fauntleroy Park. We've always had a lot of crows down here, but I've never seen one attack someone. A friend of mine used to walk his dog down 61st to Alki, and a crow would dive bomb his big, bald head. We thought it was funny, but I've stopped seeing the humor, maybe because it's happening to me now! I don't know what to do about it, other than shoot the rat-bastard crow.

I was divebombed a couple times last year on the BG trail. They didn't actually "attack" but rather scared the heck out of me as I tried to get in a morning run.

Once someone explained that they are protecting their young I felt OK about it, but still didn't runon the trail again for a couple of weeks.

I haven't seen any crows dive bomb any people in our neighborhood, however last weekend my husband saw one attack a rat that wandered up from the ravine near our house. Killed it on the spot. Our next door neighbors saw a different incident of a crow attacking a rat. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing (rats do rank lower for me) but it is a tad bit freaky.

You were "chased", MVB!??? HA ha, you big sissy. Change your name to Montgomery V. Burns!

Jack Bauer is unavailable, fictional, and overqualified.

I remember that when I was at PLU they used to have to cordon off certain areas of campus in early summer to keep people from getting attacked by the crows. Don't know if they still do it.

Yeah, I got chased down the street by two crows the other morning. This is what comes from having trees around. If they aren't falling on your house or car, they're harboring over-protective harbingers of death and distress. We're predators? COME ON! Like anyone but Brendan Kiley is out there eating crows.