Around midday today I pulled over somewhere east of Aurora to watch a Northern Harrier eating something in the middle of a field, with an American Crow standing about ten feet away. Nothing too unusual so far. Presently a second Northern Harrier approaching from afar, and when it got closer, guess what happened? The crow started harassing the second Harrier and shooed it away.
My interpretation: the crow was defending its dibs on leftovers. Before long the first harrier flew off, and after a respectful pause, the crew flew to the spot the first harrier had occupied. I couldn't tell if it picked up anything. Suan -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
