'Two crows have extorted me into providing them boiled eggs': Suburban resident fights back against crafty birds who targeted their trash

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    Two crows have extorted me into providing them boiled eggs so they don't destroy my trash.
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    I live in a rural subdivision where you just put trash bags on the side of the road. The trash people use a very old garbage truck where they hand throw the bags in the back, so to make things cleaner and more seamless for them, you just line up the bags.
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    Some people use a bin but then they have to reach into bins and pull them out. So I just line then up. I never had an issue for two years that I've lived here with any wildlife trying to break into my trash.
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    UNTIL a month or so ago. I woke up to all of my bags kinda ripped open. I assumed it had to be a raccoon or something and was annoyed and rebagged all my trash. The next week, same thing.
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    So then I got into the habit of needing to check the bags the morning of trash pickup (I'd put them out at like 3am because I don't wake up early and the trash pickup isn't at a fluid time, so I can't risk missing it morning of.) I go out to check one morning and I catch a giant crow in the act of ripping apart the bags with another crow on my roof yelling. I ran out and they flew away.
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    Then last week, same thing. I woke up and went to check the bags and two crows again, one on watch and one ripping into my bags. One thing I noticed is they always made a mess with eggshells. The main thing they were pulling out were eggshells. I did some research and learned they like boiled eggs.
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    SO this week I put two boiled eggs on the edge of my yard, kinda near the trash bags but not right on top of them. I woke up today and went out and literally the crows were just leaving my yard, making their little cackling crow noises. I checked and the boiled eggs were gone and my garbage bags were untouched. They accepted my offering!
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    I literally never see crows here except for garbage day. It's funny to me that they know this schedule and keep a routine to come around. I'm happy my trash was untouched so I will be providing another two boiled eggs next week.
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    hawkshaw1024 Nice garbage bags. Would be a shame if anything was to happen to them.
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    Glitch427119 This is hilarious. Wild animals training a human. Is this how we got cats? 167 Reply THEElleHell OP. I do have three of those. Haha
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    Desperate-Pear-860. Haha Offering to appease the gods! love it.

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