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

canadapostie

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:39:27 -0800

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.:-)

Momdancer

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:06:07 -0800

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!

Joe Zaloom

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:19:54 -0800

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.

LFP

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:52:02 -0800

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.

wendee

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:14:14 -0800

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.

Matt Silvie

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:42:08 -0800

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

James

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:51:55 -0800

Jack Bauer is unavailable, fictional, and overqualified.

Nick

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:44:51 -0800

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.

MvB

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:33:56 -0800

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.