"The Birds" Redux in Van: Stubborn, Noisy Crows Ignore Drums, Tambourines and Horns

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 15 December 2022)

Hmmm seems like the crows are taking direction from 

someone....

In Van province's Erciş district crows are making life difficult for 

the humans there.  The crows have occupied the poplar trees in 

Kasımbağı village, especially around sunset, screeching noisily and

damaging crops.  So far, the villagers have tried banging drums and 

tambourines with cymbals to chase away the crows, but to no avail.

 

                      Extras waiting for their scene.

This time the villagers tried blowing horns but again without success!

Villager Orhan Özcan lamented,"there's such a crowd of them it

seems like a black cloud in the sky.  We can't sleep because they 

screech all night long.  Drums and tambourines didn't do any good

so we get up at night and blow horns.  They disperse for a bit but

then they come back."

        Villagers have a pretty good idea who's behind it all.