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James

@Maleve @ct_bergstrom

Crows are territorial about their nesting area and have feeding areas separate from the nesting area that they are also protective of. But they don't seem as strict about the feeding areas. I've sometimes seen raptors in the feeding area being ignored by the crows.

25 Dec 2022 at 11:12 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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James

@Maleve @ct_bergstrom

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A funny-to-humans story about crows:

I was waiting in a drive thru lane when I realized I had heard angry crows for some time. I couldn't see them, then as the line turned the corner I caught glimpses of a very big bird. Hawk? That would explain the crows. A bit later I turn the second corner and the large bird is a full-grown American Bald Eagle doing lazy loops about 100 feet up. As I move forward I finally see the crows.

26 Dec 2022 at 15:23 | Open on mastodon.online
James

@Maleve @ct_bergstrom

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Two crows are a half-block away in the top of a large tree. And they aren't sounding as loud or as angry, because the eagle has been slowly looping closer.

As I watch, the crows scramble down three feet within the tree. The eagle lands right on top of them. It is now quiet. One of the crows stretches his neck up, as if to grab an eagle tail feather.

The eagle stretches his neck down and the crow changed his mind.

Then my order is up and I have to drive away.

@Maleve @ct_bergstrom

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Two crows are a half-block away in the top of a large tree. And they aren't sounding as loud or as angry, because the eagle has been slowly looping closer.

As I watch, the crows scramble down three feet within the tree. The eagle lands right on top of them. It is now quiet. One of the crows stretches his neck up, as if to grab an eagle tail feather.

26 Dec 2022 at 15:31 | Open on mastodon.online
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