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You either have them or don't. I have a family that keeps fairly close but they disappear for several days at a time. BTW, owls, hawks and eagles will kill crows if they can catch them. Usually, however, they mob them with so many birds at a time that it keeps the raptor from zeroing...
It's called "mobbing" and they will do that to most raptors. I had an owl that got caught up in the poultry netting yesterday (see " My Good Deed for Today" thread under Rambling section) and I found it because the crows were making a heck of a racket. I've learn to guard the chickens when the...