hawks vs crows

northvale-PA · Jul 22, 2012

we have a hawk around our place here in SE PA attacking and eating crows. My wife saw it happen last week raking hay. I came across the remains of a crow in the neighbor's yard today. Unusual, I think.

JRSutton · Jul 22, 2012

very - usually the crows chase the hawks away. - unless it was a tiny crow?

GordoSD · Jul 22, 2012

Coopers or Sharp Shinned hawks will take anything flying.

OH - 961 · Jul 22, 2012

(quoted from post at 20:44:57 07/22/12) we have a hawk around our place here in SE PA attacking and eating crows. My wife saw it happen last week raking hay. I came across the remains of a crow in the neighbor's yard today. Unusual, I think.

I have seen a couple of redtail hawks and 4 or 5 crows taking turns chasing each other, playing "tag". They seemed to be just playing, as they didn't seriously attack each other.
I watched their antics for an hour or so.

Myron

Billy NY · Jul 22, 2012

Red tail hawks get harassed by the crows here, protecting their nests, red wing black birds and some others also do the same thing, but they have the wrong guy, theres another smaller species that flys like an F-16 through young thick woods, into thick pine trees, pilfering young birds in the nest, I had one in a dense shrub near my front door, one determined bird, red tails like pigeons near the city.

Only time I saw a red tail go after a crow, was in my stand late whitetail season, chased and I believe nailed him in a small valley, was just out of site when I heard that crow in anguish, that time of year the crows migrate daily, not sure how this one ended up going the wrong way, with a bogie on his tail.

I witnessed a red tail, come off the high voltage tower, swoop in over our field and knock a turkey upside down, feathers flying, turkey got up, walked away, hawk did one more drive by, decided it was too much, no 2nd wave attack LOL !

greygoat · Jul 23, 2012

Crows have been nesting in our trees for 40 years
and also Sharp shinned hawks. They seem to have
some sort of truce here, and this spring, when
a Barred Owl tried to set up a nest, they worked
togather to drive it away !

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