[SBB] birds harassing crows....

[Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>]

Not that this is the first time this has ever happened, of course,  
but...

as I was headed to work today, I was watching a crow fly towards me  
from central park. Suddenly, it squawked and basically went into a  
tumble towards the ground. As I was trying to figure out what had  
happened to the crow, I realized there was this tiny thing following  
it down.

Yup. the crow had been bit by a hummingbird. It evidently didn't see  
it coming, and the hummer scared/suprised the hell out of it. The  
crow ended up dropping about 15', then regained flight, at which  
point I heard the hummer make a noise, and it flew off at top speed  
for the closest tree, with the crow in full chase. The crow made  
enough noise four friends joined it for the fun.

Now, this is the wrong time of year for nest protection, even for a  
hummer. And the crow wasn't anywhere near a tree that might have had  
a nest. The crow was a good 50 feet in the air, and 50 feet from any  
tree. It seemed to me that the hummer dropped down from above, given  
the crow's reaction.

That's one heck of a territorial hummer -- or just one with no sense  
of danger and a wry sense of humor. At it's size, I'm not sure I want  
to thumb my nose at four or five crows.


-- 
Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
[[email protected]] -- http://chuqui.typepad.com/

Very funny, Scotty. Now beam my clothes down here, will you?



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