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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_J1+JjNq5Cr3c1VT1yfCyFw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Aren't there stories from "hunters" about such behaviour of crows toward injured crows being useful for being then able to keep shooting them while the injured birds were being mobbed? And aren't there similar stories for hunting shorebirds in the old days? -- I think I read about that in "The Last Curlew" by Fred Bodsworth, a wonderful historical yet fictional account of the demise of the Eskimo Curlew. I believe such behaviour was supposed to be also true for other shorebirds like plovers? Cheers? :-( from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Bruce Stevens <m.bruce.stevens@gmail.com> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:06:23 -0300 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Odd Crow behavior Richard, I saw the same sort of thing several months ago from my 2nd storey apartment balcony in Antigonish. Two crows were engaged in an intense struggle, with talons gripping the bodies of each other. There were also a handful of crows on the ground in a ring, perhaps cheering on their favoured combatant. In a few of the taller trees bordering the driveway another 50 or 60 crows perched, noisily watching the affair. After about 5 minutes, the entire company left, including the clearly weaker of the two sparring birds. I tried to get some photos, but most didn't turn out due to the late hour. Bruce On 6/6/07, Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, As I left my office in Kentville about an hour ago, there were 4 or 5 Crows angrily mobbing and diving at another Crow - that was on the ground and appeared to have a broken wing. I don't know if one of the healthy crows attacked it and broke the wing as a reaction to something it did, or whether they object to an injured crow in their midst. This behavior went on for a good 5 minutes, and was continuing when I left.I woinder what the explanation is, and whether it occurs in other birds. Richard -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### -- Bruce Stevens Antigonish --Boundary_(ID_J1+JjNq5Cr3c1VT1yfCyFw) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: Odd Crow behavior</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Aren't there stories from "hunters" about such behaviour of crows toward injured crows being useful for being then able to keep shooting them while the injured birds were being mobbed?<BR> <BR> And aren't there similar stories for hunting shorebirds in the old days? -- I think I read about that in "The Last Curlew" by Fred Bodsworth, a wonderful historical yet fictional account of the demise of the Eskimo Curlew. I believe such behaviour was supposed to be also true for other shorebirds like plovers?<BR> <BR> Cheers? :-( from Jim in Wolfville<BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Bruce Stevens <m.bruce.stevens@gmail.com><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:06:23 -0300<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Re: [NatureNS] Odd Crow behavior<BR> <BR> Richard,<BR> <BR> I saw the same sort of thing several months ago from my 2nd storey apartment balcony in Antigonish. Two crows were engaged in an intense struggle, with talons gripping the bodies of each other. There were also a handful of crows on the ground in a ring, perhaps cheering on their favoured combatant. In a few of the taller trees bordering the driveway another 50 or 60 crows perched, noisily watching the affair. After about 5 minutes, the entire company left, including the clearly weaker of the two sparring birds. I tried to get some photos, but most didn't turn out due to the late hour. <BR> <BR> Bruce<BR> <BR> On 6/6/07, <B>Richard Stern</B> <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR> Hi,<BR> <BR> As I left my office in Kentville about an hour ago, there were 4 or 5 Crows angrily mobbing and diving at another Crow - that was on the ground and appeared to have a broken wing. I don't know if one of the healthy crows attacked it and broke the wing as a reaction to something it did, or whether they object to an injured crow in their midst. This behavior went on for a good 5 minutes, and was continuing when I left.I woinder what the explanation is, and whether it occurs in other birds.<BR> <BR> Richard<BR> -- <BR> #################<BR> Richard Stern, <BR> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.<BR> Port Williams<BR> B0P 1T0<BR> <BR> rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca<BR> rbstern@xcountry.tv<BR> sternrichard@gmail.com<BR> ################### <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> <BR> -- <BR> Bruce Stevens<BR> Antigonish <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_J1+JjNq5Cr3c1VT1yfCyFw)--
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