Early last month at the Moose Visitor Center (Jackson Co), as I was watching the feeders, a crow flew down to attack a small mammal, possibly a vole. The crow repeatedly jabbed at the mammal, picking it up and dropping it. The vole attempted to scramble away, but was apparently maimed by the initial thrust. The crow repeated the attacks multiple times and finally flew off with the critter.
Chuck On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:21 AM, 'chrisblakeslee' via Colorado Birds < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear COBIRDS, > Yesterday afternoon Lynn Willcockson e-mailed me the following: > > "About 20 minutes ago I witnessed a Crow attack a Grackle and kill it. > The Grackle was hopping around on the ground and the Crow flew down on top > of it. There was a struggle but the Crow won. After the Crow flew off I > checked and the Grackle was still breathing but not able to move." > > “I have never seen this sort of behavior before or even heard of it - have > you??” Lynn > > Has anyone had any similar experiences? > > Thanks, Chris > > Chris A. Blakeslee > Centennial, Colorado > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > P.S. Lynn added, some people have said to me — "Can I borrow your Crow to > take care of the Grackles in my yard?" :-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/EE3849B3-D815-4EDB-98DE-760C582DCBB9%40aol.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/EE3849B3-D815-4EDB-98DE-760C582DCBB9%40aol.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACZCCxceVOCHCNEQ5LmVoVK%2BxRa7Eg2M2sR3ixXjF3FC%3DkBATw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
