February fireworks? Springfield explains what residents heard Tuesday night

The city said the loud noises are good deterrents for crows.

“Crows have made downtown their home, but they aren’t birdbrains,” the city said on its Facebook page.

The city shared on its Facebook page that workers in the service department have been using pyrotechnics to “shoo away” the birds for several years.

According to the city, residents may hear more of the pyrotechnics blasting in the weeks to come, as service department workers set them off between 5-7 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.

The service department has used this method in past years to scatter crows that often roost downtown during the late fall and winter and cause havoc to cars and buildings in the downtown area.

“Loud? Yes. Annoying? Probably. But it’s the best way we’ve found to scare the crows,” the city said.