{"id":324891,"date":"2026-03-06T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/324891\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:20:19","slug":"forum-crow-shooting-operations-could-also-improve-koel-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/324891\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum: Crow-shooting operations could also improve koel situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">I refer to the report that the National Parks Board\u00a0will resume crow-shooting operations as part of a wider package of measures to reduce the house crow population (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/environment\/singapore-to-resume-crow-shooting-operations-from-the-second-half-of-march?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">Singapore to resume crow shooting operations from second half of March<\/p>\n<p><\/a>\u201d, Feb 23). <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">As a wildlife and horticulture enthusiast, I am heartened by the move. House crows are an introduced invasive species in Singapore, and many residents are familiar with the everyday downsides: aggressive swoops near nesting areas, opportunistic scavenging around food sources, and the mess left behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">But what is less discussed is the knock-on impact on another \u201curban\u201d bird that can present an even bigger quality-of-life problem: the Asian koel, which lays its eggs predominantly in house crow nests. The koel\u2019s loud, repetitive calls from dawn can inconvenience residents and can sometimes be heard till night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Where I live in Woodlands Avenue 6, a single calling male can begin well before sunrise, waking entire blocks. For shift workers, and for students during exam periods, repeated early-morning disturbance is more than a nuisance \u2013 it also erodes sleep and affects mood and performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">If crow reduction is pursued carefully and safely, it may bring benefits beyond fewer crow attacks \u2013 by reducing the availability of host nests that koels depend on. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">I hope the authorities can track and publish trends in both crow-related feedback and koel-related noise complaints before and after the March operations, so residents can see whether this \u201cchicken-and-egg\u201d dynamic plays out on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Lim Peicong <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I refer to the report that the National Parks Board\u00a0will resume crow-shooting operations as part of a wider&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[85,46,141,386],"class_list":["post-324891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}