TROY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Fall and winter are the seasons when upstate municipalities see crows most. CBS6’s Anthony Krolikowski noticed a couple dozen or so birds in Troy on Wednesday afternoon but only two crows. In the evening, more than 100 crows were flying near City Hall. Mayor Carmella Mantello said closer to December, there’s been hundreds, even thousands of crows defecating on cars, parks and streets in years past, which left behind a major health concern. Though the City Council said it hasn’t heard this level of concern from the citizens.
Troy’s mayor shared a picture from 2025 on social media of a sidewalk and fire hydrant covered in bird feces. That’s why she wants to enter into an almost $13,000 contract with the USDA for its scare tactics. “It’s minor pyrotechnics, it’s lasers — the laser lights. It’s also some spotlights. And then it some noise — type of noises to kind of relocate the crows, but they are not super intrusive,” explained Mantello.
City Council President Sue Steele disagrees and shared that there have been few crow complaints…