HI All,
A very quick comment, although I do not in fact know of any data on how
effective mobbing of owls is in moving them any substantial distance.
Crows are indeed migratory in parts of their range and they do indeed often
join roosts in winter. If they have migrated, they won't be present
I'm thinking more about crows and owls. It's a substitute for actually knowing, so please chime in, Anne, or anyone else who knows better than I do what really goes on.I've been impressed by how much the Great Horned Owls in Renwick have withstood crows' harassment, and that impression flavored my
Don’t know if owls and crows really think like this, but it would be a shame if
they didn’t!! Dave, you should write a book.
Jody Enck
From: nutter.d...@me.com
Sent: February 16, 2013 12:21 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows mobbing Great Horned Owl on nest
I
Right--and come mid-April, some person might just pick up a partly eaten,
headless, tagged female crow under her nest and think...it was her first
nest--what a short life, only 5 years, her nestlings gone, too! She could have
had 6 more years at least, or more.
Boredom probably doesn't
