Scary crow isn't scaring the clever crows of Killarney

It's not known yet if the crows are picking at window putty to get nutrients from the linseed oil or if they are simply alleviating boredom with this new 'game'

A couple of rooks / crows collecting nesting material

Crows pecking at the window putty of newly restored Edwardian glasshouses in Killarney's Muckross became caws for alarm so the National Parks and Wildlife Service had to come up with a creative solution. 

Instead of a 'traditional' scarecrow in check shirt and jeans they installed a replica crow along with shiny discs and red flags over the roof of the carefully restored houses.