The EC Doves and Mourning Doves in my yard this year (a pair of each) settled on an uneasy truce, under the feeders. The occasional aggressive rush from one species toward the other to drive it from prime seed pickings, but nothing like you're describing with the crows. - Dave Cameron On Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:17:14 PM UTC-6, (unknown) wrote:
> For 5 years, Eurasian Collared-doves have frequented my yard in Colorado > Springs. They are somewhat aggressive toward Mourning Doves, but have not > driven them from the yard. > > This year I observed some VERY aggressive behavior by doves toward > American Crows, a pair of which nests in a neighbor's tree. One or 2 of the > doves have begun chasing crows at high speed through the yard and adjoining > property. The doves fly right on the tails of the crows, outmaneuvering the > crows in the air. The harassment is not limited to aerial pursuit, but now > includes attacks on crows on the ground. The crows are bigger and present > more of a physical threat to the doves, but for some reason, the doves have > intimidated the local crows. > > Has anyone else observed similar behavior? > > Susan Craig > [email protected] > Colorado Springs, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/14YZQM3JKIkJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
