I am sure this is not a similar report - but last week on Comfort Rd a bunch of crows were harrassing a male Ringnecked Pheasant which was standing in the road. As we approached the crows flew and the pheasant moved slowly on foot towards the shoulder.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Susan Fast <[email protected]> wrote: > I was just looking in the field across the road from our house and noted > about a dozen crows really going after what I initially thought was another > crow. This bird was slightly smaller than the crows, but otherwise looked, > from a distance, just like them. The crows forced it to the ground; 2 > crows then stood on either side of it while the rest circled and cawed > directly overhead and “bombed” it. It then flew and I noted the under wing > pattern like a turkey vulture. The bird was definitely not a vulture. I > have not seen crows go after anything with this intensity unless it was a > great horned owl. Could it have been a kite of some kind? They all flew > rapidly off to the SE before I could get the scope.**** > > ** ** > > Steve Fast**** > > Brooktondale**** > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
