[Tweeters] Crows Tearing Up Grass in Auburn

[Carla Conway via Tweeters]

Hello Garrett,

About a year ago, my co-workers and I noticed crows enthusiastically
tearing out the lawn at our workplace near Magnuson Park (North Seattle).
According to this Seattle Times article, the crows are feeding on the
larvae of the European chafer beetle. We've definitely seen them remove
grubs from the lawn - very entertaining to watch.

Carla
Seattle Times January 10, 2021
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On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM garrettwhaynes at me.com via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Hello Tweets,

>

> I wanted to check the tweeter sphere on a crow phenomenon to see if anyone

> else is having the same problem. The crows here in Auburn have been ripping

> up the grass around here. I mean really tearing it up and leaving huge

> piles and chunks of grass in their wake. Looks like aeration jobs from hell

> everywhere.  They've torn up sections of the grass by Auburn High School,

> parts of my parents yard, neighbors yards, etc. None of us have ever seen

> crows wreak destruction on grass like this before. We have heard through

> the grapevine it's because they are going after grubs, so maybe there is

> some unusually large grub crop and they are going crazy for them and

> tearing out the grass to get to them?

>

> Garrett Haynes

> Auburn, WA

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