"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

[r8shell]

I like watching the smaller birds gang up on larger birds - the crows run the hawks off and then the blue jays run the crows off.

Last week I saw a single mockingbird harassing a hawk.

I know the blue jays are a-holes, but I still like them. Mockingbirds, too.

I once saw an injured Jay flopping around in the street in front of my house. Before I could do anything, my cat ran out there to get it. As soon as the cat was out in the open, that bird flew up into a tree, made a loud call, and a bunch of its fellow Jays came in, dive-bombing poor Thom as he ran back into the house. It was an avian ambush!

 

[waynorth]

We often see crows harassing Bald Eagles, chasing them away, here on the west coast!! Crows are more acrobatic, and can outmaneuver the larger birds!!