Lynn, Chris, et al,
The incident described to Chris by Lynn does not sound like simple predation to
me. The crow did not make off with the grackle and didn't even kill it, at
least not immediately. My guess would be that this crow has some experience or
instinct about grackles being egg predat
02, 2015 11:53 AM
To: corvidc...@aol.com
Cc: Cobirds
Subject: Re: [cobirds] A Murder of Crows (or by...) - Denver County
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
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
initia
