Etistta 17 inch Realistic Hanging Dead Crows Decoy Lifesize Extra Large Black Feathered Scare Deterrent Crow

Had 30 - 40 crows circling in alarm and they were not happy! Only use it now and again for a few hours at a time so that crows dont get used to it.

This really works!!! We got into a war with several crows that showed up one day on our lawn. The next day, they were perched at the top of a tree in our yard, enjoying the beautiful view of the valley--and 'trashing up' our view (we had to look at the crows). I mistakenly tried to shoo them away, first by making noise and waving my arms, then by banging two pots together, then with a sling shot, etc. Not only did the crows resist, they counterattacked. I've since read up on crows--very intelligent, communicative, vindictive, and highly social. If you've got a small group today and they like your territory, you'll soon have MORE tomorrow. We tried everything: tying pie plates to the arbor so that the shiny metal would clang in the breeze (the crows soon adapted)--and we were trying to figure out whether we should "take them out" with our .410, when we came across this dead crow decoy. We read the reviews and decided to give it a try. Holy cow!!! It worked. Before the decoy arrived in the mail, the crows were pooping on our car (not on my truck)--they associated me with the car. We would find 10 or more big splats on the windshield and top of the car (not on the rear window?!?!). They figured out where the front entrance to the house was and began to poop on the 20'x20 entrance patio--sometimes up to 40 poops per day!!!!!! We would wash it off, and it would be the same the next day. We were reluctant to believe that crows were that intelligent / vindictive, but our jaw dropped when we saw this. When the dead crow decoy arrived, I must admit it looked REAL. The instructions were simplistic: Hang the decoy right-side up to scare away certain birds; hang the decoy upside down to get rid of crows. We decided to put the decoy right where they would surely see it: on the roof of the car. Just like in the old cartoons where Smedley Whiplash would tire the heroine to the railroad tracks, we put the decoy belly-up on the roof of the car with a string around its neck. That morning, before the decoy was in place, we had to clean the car again (you have to clean crow poop because it is highly acidic and ruins the paint). At noontime, we placed the decoy and waited. There was a lot of racket that afternoon, with lots of cawing and 'scolding' (we even studied crow caws so that we could mimic the crows and scold 'back' at them)--but no poop. Apparently, crows fear death, and dead colleagues are a bad since (= really dangerous humans)...and they hold funerals!!! (look it up on the internet--lots of research on this). The following morning, there were two poop splats on the entrance patio (down from 30-40/day) and NO poop on the car...and NO CROWS...and they have not been back since!!! I rarely write product reviews--at best I will give a product a certain number of stars--but this crow decoy is worth it!!! It was remarkably effective. (caveat: you have to be 'clever'--where are the crows going to see it? How can you keep them from figuring out it is decoy? etc. If you deploy it incorrectly or do not keep moving the crow or if they cannot see it, it might not work). Best money I've spent in a long time. If you've got a crow problem, this is solution.

This is really realistic. The crows have a daily meeting and always make the same sound. Then I don't see them for the rest of the day. Although someone in the neighbourhood had asked me to remove it, stating it's disgusting (see it looks real), I'm incredibly happy with Greg (I named him that) although Russell would have been good too.

I had a big problem with 2 ravens who had claimed my house as part of their territory. They fouled up my fountain and sat on my satellite dish leaving their droppings everywhere. I put this little guy out on the back patio, along with a realistic fake owl perched right next to him, and the ravens left. Of course, they circled and made a huge racket for about a hour first. But for 3 weeks and counting my house has been blissfully quiet and raven poop free. I brought the decoy back inside after the 2nd night, and left the owl. I did start to see some crows haunting the area a few days later, but I put "Russel" back out under the owl that night and "POOF" no more crows. I swear by this combination! Just make sure to move them around a little bit every other night or so. And don't leave the crow out. Only place it somewhere when you notice new activity

My experience is it does scare away the crows, this is an amazing look alike, but they just land in neighbors trees and squawk from a distance. I would still buy it though because they are not right over head and when one does come back around I just put the old dead crow out and he hauls butt. It’s a war with these crazy birds.

We love crows, and were excited when one began to spend a lot of time at our bird bath. But we watched in horror as he increasingly returned with eggs from seemingly every nest in the area, not to mention the remains of a huge resident lizard we'd adored. The local songbirds were getting uncomfortable with him around so frequently.We'd never want to hurt him, but we needed to gently shoo him away. I read everything I could about the subject, then checked the reviews and wound up with this product.We received two plastic birds, and we started by placing one of the dead birds near the bird bath, legs up. Within five minutes we heard the most god awful screaming and looked out to see him examining the dearly departed, fluffed up and screaming in total horror.I felt really bad as he spent another half hour screaming his head off and winding up all nearby birds.I think it was a much harsher impact for him because he is a lone crow rather than part of a group.He returned the next day to make sure he saw what he thought he did and scream a little longer, and he hasn't come back since!We brought the "dead bird" back inside the next day so as not to keep the song birds disturbed, and all has been well since. Hopefully the local populations can rebound quickly from his spring mass pillaging.This product was very straightforward and useful for us, and no telling how many little lives it saved.