Sunnyvale is preparing to clamp down on its growing crow problem, but one potential strategy is earning some pushback from local bird lovers.
Sunnyvale Vice Mayor Alysa Cisneros told KCBS Radio that the city is considering a number of options for how it might shoo the crows away, as the birds are becoming almost unbearable bringing bird poop, noise and outdoor diner harassment.
"The noise the crows make in the afternoon and evening rival that of the noise pollution from train horns," Cisneros said.
One high-tech approach has ruffled the feathers of animal activists: a proposal to scare the crows with bright lasers.
"If they're hit in the eye, of course that can blind them," Matthew Dodder, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society Executive Director, told KCBS Radio. "Lasers are highly focused, very intense beams of light."
However, any crow-plans are still in the rudimentary stage, Cisneros said, reassuring that the city will take all concerns into account.
"I don't want to harm the crows, I wish the crows no harm," she said. "I wish the crows well in their future endeavors."
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