Show stuffed owls used as decoy for crows crow there la Is one way iu in which a wild crow may be shaken out of his accustomed to med wary composure or may be reduced even to a state ot of hysteria says henry C cary in bird lore procure a stuffed owl preferably one 11 of if the largest species like thil the great reat horned or the barred nod and place it ft out in the open lo in the country the crows will gather more quickly than do the vultures when they see carrion and they will follow each other as the vultures eq are said bald to do so that the whole crow po fur for miles around will soon be pouring out the vials of its wrath abath on oil the poor stuffed head with its yellow glass eyes the crows have art an instinctive fear of the owl tribe and hence they unite in an attempt to drive the stuffed owl which they suppose to be alive away from their own neighborhood tills this method of decoying decaying deco ying crows crow 9 seems to work best in the nesting season eason its ita efficacy may be duo due to the owls preying upon old and young crows in and near the nest at night certainly the habit babit of nesting and ro very near the top topmost mot branches of tall trees would seem to make the crow more than most birds an easy victim of both hawks and owls |