This morning there was a large mob of crows cawing in the woods by my house in Commonland. I did not try to count, but it sounded like dozens high in the pine trees. When I got close a neighbor who was also watching said there's an injured one, and when I looked with my binoculars, sure enough there was a crow on the ground struggling as if it had a serious injury. We weren't sure what to do, or even really what was going on. Why did the other crows remain high and out of sight? Was there an unseen predator still hanging around somewhere?
(This is where you make your guess as to what was going on.) I presently walked towards the injured crow, with the surrounding caws pausing for brief moments a couple times before resuming. When I got close, the injured crow morphed into two crows, which flew away in turn. Evidently it was a good old fashioned street fight with the mobs spectating from up high (maybe placing bets etc.) Suan _____________________ http://suan-yong.com -- 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/ --
