I would love to shot crows, but being in the city (rural as it might be) and discharging a firearm would bring out the uniforms in force...besides, we have a mated pair of Great Horned Owls living in one of our oak trees...it's really fun watching them harass and on the odd occasion kill the nasty black beasts...
BTW...a 22-250 would do wonders, IMHO