When I was in first grade, in the wake of a particularly big year of cicadas, the area around my school and home was overwhelmed with large numbers of crows and

When I was in first grade, in the wake of a particularly big year of cicadas, the area around my school and home was overwhelmed with large numbers of crows and ravens. In fall, the numbers were so high that they became somewhat aggressive and on multiple occasions came to the windows of the school and pecked at them, which was, unsurprisingly, an event that could disrupt classroom activity for at least half an hour at a time.