More than 62,000 crows have moved out of the downtown area to take up nighttime roosting spots in towns surrounding Auburn.

Crows root through trash and drop their own kinds of bombs in the form of excrement. Karen St. Aubin, the city’s director of operations, said the city spends about $9,000 a year on dispersing crows.

Rooks, hooded crows and jackdaws, all much more common across Ireland, tend to go about together, foraging in large, mixed groups. Hooded crows occur all over Ireland, but not in England.

Now, a special team is swooping in and taking flight with a clever solution. During the winter months, every night in Portland, about 23,000 crows settle into the city - and it’s Guy the hawks ...

City officials and wildlife experts estimate upward of 20,000 crows roost downtown nightly. “It’s like you’re in ‘The Birds,’” said Rachel Kudiba, referring to Alfred Hitchcock’s ...