A question on crows.

[Garden Gal]

I am NOT advocating shooting crows; they are a wonderful "alarm" system. With that said, last spring I saw a family of crows harassing a mother robin on her nest; when they finally got her off the nest one of the other crows swooped down and snagged a baby, then a few others did the same thing. These were very young, baby birds, but crows are omnivores and will eat mice, frogs, small snakes. lizards... and small birds.

 

[Zenbirder]

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Around here the ravens think they are chickens, mixing right in with them. The ravens alert the chickens about any predators including: coyotes, dogs, strange people and hawks. They actively chase off the hawks. I would not trust them around very young chicks, because they do eat small nestlings.

Please do not shoot any crow, raven or hawk.

 

[JennsPeeps]

In the span of one week I saw crows in my neighborhood harass a falcon above my home and a blad eagle not too far away.

Mind you, I live in the city.