Dear Cobirders, I too have recently observed similar behavior to Marilyn's observation. A couple weeks ago I was getting the oil changed in my car and while I was sitting outside waiting I observed about eight or so American Crows congregating in some pines and locusts at the edge of a McDonald's parking lot. A juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk flew in and made a run at the crows. The "targeted" crow tucked and rolled out of harms way when the Sharpie was on top of it, but two other crows were above the Sharpie mobbing it at the same time. All the participants settled in the trees with two of the crows in the tree above the Sharpie vocalizing and making pecking attempts at it as well. The Sharpie would then take wing again and target a different crow with the same results. There were many iterations of this that played out for a good ten minutes before the Sharpie headed south. It was quite entertaining to watch.
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