A murder is lingering in the parking lot of Carolinas Golf Association — that is, a “murder” of crows, the name for a group of the large black birds. The black-feathered menaces have been hanging around (terrorizing) the CGA parking lot for over a year. The birds’ antics have caused significant damage to multiple work vans, as well as personal vehicles, from fly-by pooping and casual pecking to outright attacks on pieces of trim and weatherstripping. One employee’s sunroof suffered more than $4,000 in damages.
Chris Zeh, the company’s director of championships and tournaments, felt obligated to try and stop the rampage. Enough was enough. “I never thought I would have to deal with a murder in the pines!” joked Chris.
The office offensive began with a simple decoy owl as a deterrent. The staff named him Oscar.
Employees took turns escorting Oscar around the parking lot, placing it on top of cars and even on the office roof. It seemed to help at first, but the crows eventually became wise…