Crows vs Hawk

[Crowhouseproductions]

CROW VS PIGEON

[dell177]

I see this in the marshes near my house a lot. The other side of the coin is watching blue jays doing the same to the crows. What goes around comes around.

[vyperspit]

I've learned that the sounds of mobbing crows alert other animals that danger is nearby, so they run away while the enemy is distracted. In other words, crows act like nature's burgler alarms.

[Lokolatino5]

@Afffred hhahahahahahhahaha wow crow like niggers thats true bro i feel you XD

[wolfxinstein]

Crow or raven?

[nafaidni]

I don't think crows have territory. They're like pigeons and sparrows. Birds don't have a method of marking territory; they just habite the sky and roost in one place or the other and then leave to get food.

[BeccaThursfield]

the hawk didn't seem bothered at all

[ami2tar7]

And the King Stays

[Maverickas123]

hawk isn't really bothered by the crows..

[goofypothead]

crows are like niggers they cant fight by themself

[DixieHB]

Are they crows or ravens? They sound like crows to me.

[afffred]

yeah they're crows, not ravens.

[cheyennezcrazy]

aww i love it when pretty birds sleep :]

[MPSecare]

yes that is red tailed hawk. i see blue jays mobbing hawks in my backyard all the time .

[redtailhawk23]

the crow chases in numbers to sacre the hawk and get it to drop the food.

[DanTillaZilla]

crows dont attack them for terrotory... they attack them because they are so used to being the biggest then the hawks come along and fuck they shit up

[debz12180]

over tis past winter i fed over 150 crows and by end of winter one particuly came to my kitchen window and pecked on it, as if to say feed me plzzz. i named him "pretty boy" when im out on my deck he flies nearby making crow noises, i think hes saying hello and thanks for feeding my and my familiy over winter, since spring is here i do not feed them so they can teach their young how to hunt, i find them very intellegent birds, and lovely too i love all kinds of birds. i have to go pee now.

[KutWrite]

@DanTillaZilla That's a scientific term, right?

[UPSBVideos]

Of course he doesn't care, he would kill the crow so easily. Once I was in break at work when crows were doing same thing, but this time peaking the hawk, when all of a sudden, the hawk went up, really high and the crow couldnt fly that high, and the hawk came down with a lot of SPEED grabbed the crow and smashed him on the ground. Well, an Andean Condor would own a hawk easily too though haha.

[MangakaRob]

@UPSBVideos :P dive bombing

[villainwithin]

please will you allow embed on this video? My dear old dad really liked this video and I wanted to help him post it on his myspac e page. Thanks

[TRAVISTOWN]

That is called mobbing behavior.  If the crows can get the hawk to take flight, they will chase the hawk out of their territory. The hawk will flee and the crows will chase. But the crows cannot take on the hawk while he is perched.

[neofron1]

Como aguanta el ratonero (buteo buteo) las embestidas de los granjos. Muy bueno.

[nipay27]

damn! yesterday i was just watching girls mma and now i'm watching birds fight. what's gotten in to me? whats happenin to me?! :DD

[Dominator18]

He can easily win against 3 ravens? never.

[Poseidon500]

Actually he could kill them at will. I saw a hawk take one of a large group of crows out!

The rest of the crows fled.

[TheMetalWarrior]

I demand this video.

[Poseidon500]

No video camera at the time.

[chrissdangerous]

this hawk is a cool dude ^.^

[tictacs25]

lol one day i was outside and i saw like 1,000 crows like way high and i looked clooser and there were chaseing a huge hawk!!

[lydiamilvago]

i can relate to that

[yookahbear]

forrestjump buddy you must be a yankee or somethin ducks dont caw or fly like that or care about hawks theres nothin in this video that resembles a duck besides that they are both birds.

[Abramelinn]

For the one posting this video: crows are not ravens. The corvids in the video were crows. Ravens would have chased off the hawk within seconds because they are a LOT bigger than crows.

[forrestjump245]

are you sure its not just a really sleek duck or something

[icemaster808]

2:08

reminds me of "batman" movie XD

[holylok]

lol cute

[imnoidiot5]

its a chinese hawk

[Piscivorus]

I learn a lot about myself when I watch animals.

[neuronyx]

heh, me too.. :)

[naruto64gaara]

hahahha the hawk is just like whatever we have a a place next to are home were theas small birds nest there only a little bigger then humming birds and they did the same thing to this hawk that was just sitting on are lawn im watching this and thinking run little bird you gona get ate lol

[MaMoral88]

hawk ruled!!

[piizzaefichi]

I witnessed two black crows fighting on a manicured lawn one day,when this gorgeous red tail hawk swooped down and killed one of them and carried the listless body on a light post for a quick lunch.

[tonniterska]

The crows are always harrasing other animals.

[Asalenus]

Now thats passive defence. ^^

[pompeyboi]

I see this all the time when I walk my dogs. Usually 3-5, sometimes 10, crows attack a hawk, but I have only seen it in the air, not on a post. Arguing over territory I suppose.

[crazymml]

Walking the dog, such a wonderful time to look around at nature. I was new to the predator picking on predator when I filmed the vid. Seen more of it since, happens on many lower levels too. Territory, and safety issues (for nesting birds protecting eggs or young). Thanks!

[zeeduk]

The hawk in question is an adult female redtailed hawk you can tell b y her size and the red tail ,a young RTH wouldnt have a complete red tail like this one does.also Im a master falconer and the guy that says hawk hunt only in a circle has never watched a hawk hunt obviously.they circle only to get further up on the thermal currents to survey the area for territory concerns,by then they have usually already eaten,actually a raven is close to an adult female RTH in size.

[crazymml]

Thank you! I didn't know about the tail in immature females. Many people have ideas about birds, all without studying. Thanks for setting us straight.

[bearshaman0]

i have a redtail hawk that uses my roof for a hunting perch, its a good time lol. it will just drop off the roof on squirrels and birds that land in the yard. we have a bunch of rabbits around but they are surprisingly smart and stay under cover of the hedges when the hawk is around :)

[SirianKings]

Since you are a master falconer, I had a quick question; do goshaks and gyrfalcons hunt ravens?

[zeeduk]

Yes,both Gos hawks and Gyr falcon take young ravens and crows where they are found in the same area...I watched an adult RTH crush a young crow this last year while I was out watching raptors...the stoop/flight was from 1/4 mile away..the crows were in a hay field..absolutely awesome flight..Zee

[curtisdonthurtus]

The ravins have a nest around there someplace they just want that cooper hawlk to go away.

[crazymml]

They sure do want it to go away, most birds will harrass predator-birds during nesting season. Thanks!

[curtisdonthurtus]

Yeah i know first hand i had a pair of ravins nesting in the big tree outside my patio and every time my cat went outside all hell broke loose they are loud. I dont know why but in the last 10 years San Diego is over run by ravins in the 70s we did not have them here .

[crazymml]

Territorial shifts are interesting to watch. My Dad relays the story about the fight between the scrub jays and the crows for the local territory, and the smaller jays won. He said it was a day-long battle, screeching and arial dive bomb tactics galore. Ravins are the smartest of the corvids, the largest, and the deepest-voiced. Don't see much of them up here (SF bay area). Thanks.

[dragon1011011]

looks like a young hawk... i guess about 8 months

however... cool vid! thx 4 posting =)

[crazymml]

You know more than I, could hardly see the hawk. Makes sense that it could be young, seen pairs doing flight and going to nest sites together the year prior. thanks.

[Nenz82]

im just waiting for the hawk to pull out a gun 'Fuck this'

[RogueSlayer]

Um, I'm a woman so hardly a faggot and I am sorta a bird expert. Crows and Ravens are different. They may be part of the Genus Corvus but they are different.  Tigers and fishing cats are both types of cats but drastically different.

[crazymml]

thanks for commenting, you are correct, and I have removed the vile poster's comment.

[RogueSlayer]

Thank you. Sorry if I was rude. ^^; I had completely forgotten about that comment. The whole Raven and crow being the same is a pet peeve of mine. Cause they aren't. XD

[Missivylady]

Ravens are different from crows.

don't call them ravens and crows o.O

[crazymml]

Yes you are correct. I did change the comments on the side of the vid, but can't change the titles within the vid without re-uploading (which wipes out all the responses from viewers). So, sorry. I didn't know the diff when I shot the vid, and tried to make the correction, but most people don't look.

[B1TCHY08]

very nice footage... thanks for sharing

[BirdValiant]

What a bunch of bullies.

[RogueSlayer]

Love ravens, you may want to change the labels though. Part of me wanted to chew you out for the mistake.

[crazymml]

Thanks for holding back, the labels are a part of the vid and can't be changed. I learned the diff between ravens and crows after filming, sorry.

[RogueSlayer]

I was meaning the title

[crazymml]

Uhm, the title says Crows vs Hawks, what is wrong with it? I know inside the vid the labels are wrong, but I can't changed that without re-uploading the modified vers. So tell me what you mean, please.

[secondeye]

part of you is very anal

[NorseRonin]

i think he means they are actually crows not ravens.

[rushforth]

this video had me on the edge of my seat the whole time!

[crazymml]

Cool! thanks.

[quiteflypaper]

Thats crows for you. man that hawk looks pissed off. by the way why does the video say they're ravens?

[crazymml]

Made the vid and the internal labels before I learned the diff between crows and ravens, sorry!

[quiteflypaper]

haha XD no problem. I was just slightly confused :D

[cmiller2283]

Very cool, catching the mobbing behavior. Mobbing is a territorial thing. When you want to see a raptor, like a hawk or an owl, check out the mobbing crows. Crows, ravens & bluejays are extremely intelligent.

[crazymml]

Thanks! You are so right, a good way to spot difficult to find birds. Even the littler birds will mob the jays sometimes.

[irishie]

that must be damn annoying, every morning, those damn crows

[crazymml]

Luckily not every day, and far enough away that the calls are not annoying. Tho I've heard of flocks of crows, I've not seen more than 3 together around this spot.

[irishie]

i meant for the hawk

[crazymml]

oops, of course I see that now. The hawks where never harrassed more than one day in a row and usually only by smaller birds than the noisey crows.

[Birdnut192]

Further correction. They are not corvus corone (Carrion Crow) they mut be American Crow (assuming cos im british, though may be another kind) American crow= Corvus brachyrhynchos

[crazymml]

I believe you are correct there, tho I don't have the ref in front of me, the brachyrhynchos looks familar from stuff read. Thanks.

[TheSwedishMovieMaker]

hate crows

[ZapherJin]

haha hes like "dodge"

[mickXfan]

urghh.. crows annoy the f*** outta me. they're over-populating my neighbourhood already. once, my friend was walking down the pavement and this lone crow, circling above, just swooped in and yanked at his hair! lol

[crazymml]

It is crazy when they crowd a place. Once had a battle between crows and scrub jays (also corvids) The smaller jays won the day, and the territory, the crows moved on...Funny about your friend! Lucky the bird didn't peck him, i guess.

[mickXfan]

haha. yeh, they're pretty territorial. the gov's deciding on one of those crow-shooters things, complete with large cages situated at the corner of a field. it's a little sad that the crows get shot after their capture. the public isn't complaining though.

[edmundo1919]

crow = Corvus corone

raven = Corvus corax

from memory, get in.

definitely a crow, ravens are rather larger.

[mafrek]

lol i love how the crow doesnt give a damn

[gorillazfan92812422]

It's a crow not a raven!!! Ravens have deeper and harsher cries!!

[lordazmodeus]

DING!WRONG!the hawk could not easily win the fight against the crow.here's the fact:hawks tend to fly in circles in order to hunt its prey or attack,they always fly in spiral and downwards.The crow fly freely in all directions,like a beam or lasser,

[WcHDICE]

Crows do this they don't lkie big brids that's why they R mobbing

[astupidquestion]

crows r ravens? wtf? rly?

[crazymml]

Hey! Such language,lol. Shot the vid before I knew the difference between crows and ravens, then tried to change the description and the title but couldn't change the internal wording w/o reloading the vid. Sorry for the confusion, hope you liked it anyway.

[peterdubh]

the crows do that to the buzzards all the time here (Highlands of Scotland). you will see a buzzard fly passed followd by two crows.

[crazymml]

Cool! Have seen birds harassing the crows, and jays, must be because they are predators and the birds are protecting their nests. So much to see out in nature when we take the time to look. Thanks!

[Jakooka]

I agree totally with vis08. Those are crows. Despite what he correctly says about size and shape, the sounds alone clearly identify them as crows. The hawk is clearly a red-tail. Good video though.

[crazymml]

You are correct! I changed the description and the title, but couldn't change the words inside the vid without re-loading. Didn't know the difference when I shot the vid, sorry.

[nholmes]

Love how the hawk just ignores them haha

[crazymml]

lol, it was amazing to see the bird be so cool about it, thanks.

[eniwekwe]

thanks so much for posting this. I love hawks with all my heart and this one totally owned those stupid crows! LOL

[crazymml]

Thanks! I love watching the hawks, they fly around and perch on the poles to hunt. Recently saw two red-tails flying together, just above my deck, and they were holding position - just hovering in the wind, so cool.

[BlackMoridin]

most probably the crows where just trying to annoy that hawk, cause craows are mischevous and love teasing bigger and stronger creatures, considering the fact that crows are the 2nd smartest creatures in the world and the smartest birds, they would know not to attack a hawk full frontal

[vis08]

* Crows have a fan-shaped tail (squared-off), while raven tails are long and wege-shaped. * Besides having a bigger, more powerful bill, a raven's bill is curved, while a crow has a more-or-less flat bill. Additionally, atop a raven's bill is a tuft of hairs absent on crows. o As a result of being larger and more powerful, ravens are the more efficient predator. (Predation is a very small percentage of crow and raven diets.)

[crazymml]

Thanks for the info. I have other shots of the birds that show a tail that I thought was more raven shaped, but maybe I'm wrong. The only way I ever get a good look at birds is if I video them, and the sun makes them into just dark splotches on a bright sky, frustrating.

[theTeabag]

As I'm not english speaking I didn't see the difference too. In my language they're all called kruk :)

Can You tell the latin names for raven and for a crow?

[taigeto]

Crow in Spanish: Corneja

Raven in Spanish: Cuervo

Both of them into Latin: Corvus

[vis08]

Physical Differences: Crows average around 17 inches long, and ravens about 24-27. * A raven weighs about four times that of a crow. * Crows have a wing span around 2.5 ft., and ravens about 3.5-4 ft. o A raven's wing sometimes makes a prominent "swish, swish" sound, while a crow's wingbeat is usually silient. * Ravens have pointed wings, while crows have a more blunt and splayed wing tip.

[crazymml]

Have heard the swish swish when they fly, it is so cool. But now I need to get more shots of them in flight so I can check out the wing tips. Thanks for the links to pics.

[andy765gtr]

looked like a pair of crows rather than ravens to be honest. got a good view of it on the post. ravens would have driven it off

[crazymml]

Tell me how to tell the diff? I thought that ravens had a slightly diff tail, and that these looked like that tail (and other vid shots not shown here). If you know, please tell...

[vis08]

ravens are a lot bigger than crows and hawks, almost twice as big i think.

and they make a very different sound, a bit like barking

[crazymml]

thanks! I wish the field guide would show them side by side, or had vid clips - that'd be cool.

[atmore58]

Personally, I love crows, as obnoxious as they are. My next favorite birds are the mockingbirds. I don't worry about hawks, they can hold their own in the avian world, given enough food. Awesome video, very enjoyable.

[crazymml]

I like the mockingbirds only if the spend the night somewhere other than next to my window. They do nest in this area. I agree about the hawks. I often see them sitting on lightpoles along the freeway, hungry bird I say each time. Thanks!

[fnordly]

i live out in the country, we have hawks, kestrels and peregrines, but the most interesting to watch are the mockingbirds

[crazymml]

They are fun to watch, do you film them? Mostly I notice them when they chase the ravens away during nesting season, then they seem really pushy, loud and well mean to the ravens (forgive me, I'm anthropomorphizing but that is the emot hit I get).

[Pazma1]

Survival of the fittest.

[utubersf]

The same sort of thing takes place over here near the GG park, except we have a hawk that is closure to the size of an eagle that hangs out. I think he/she mostly goes for the pigeons, as I find torn up pigeons from time to time. The other birds will try to harass the hawk but it only seems to be a minor distraction.

[crazymml]

So not fond of pigeons, but still must be awful to see them in bits let alone struck and killed. We are lucky to live in a climate and ecology that the big birds can thrive again.

[utubersf]

We were sort of laughing one day at how the pigeons seem to be in a sulk when that Hawk is hanging around.

[daligoddess2006]

Wonderful video! It's like Animal Planet right in your own backyard! Thanks so much. This is so awesome! More Please.

[crazymml]

Thank you very kindly. Will try, I love watching the natural world. Am verrry lucky to have a good/varied view.

[daligoddess2006]

Yes, you are lucky. You have a beautiful view of animals and sunsets!

[PastaBaby]

Glad the hawk decided on his own and didn't let the ravens force him to move.

[crazymml]

Me too. The hawk wasn't too impressed with the ravens, but the magpies (later in the summer) really chase the ravens to the point of driving them off.

[gmcph00]

Good shooting! I've never seen a hawk napping.

[crazymml]

Love birds. Been around some of the smaller pet varities and that taught me to look more closely at what they are doing for clues. The curled claw and puffy feathers is a usual sign of sleepytime. Thanks!

[BNDS9]

That was some great footage:):)

[crazymml]

Thanks. Now I know how difficult it is for nature photographers, youve got to stand still and wait, sometimes not getting anything worth using.

[topaznz]

Thanks crazymml .. good to see your still about :)

[crazymml]

Yep, still here. Been on vacation for a bit but getting back to the computer lately. Thanks.