Bird Wars 1 Hawk vs. 5 Crows

Video shows a bird war. At least 5 crows attack a red-tailed hawk, as a group of deer watch. Hawks are dangerous, though, and pretty soon the hawk is fed up. It then takes out after a crow.

**The red tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, is a large powerful bird. It can weigh around 2-4 lbs. and has almost a six-foot wingspan. They have a sharp, strong, powerful beak and curved talons. They tear prey apart with their beaks. The red tails of these hawks showed up several times.

A group of crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) is called a "murder," and the video shows why. Although crows might be called songbirds, they can be very vicious. They can try to peck the brains out of other birds.

Crows are very intelligent, use tools, and are near the top of the animal IQ scale. Crows show linguistic capabilities and an ability to relay information over great distances. They live in complex, hierarchic societies involving hundreds of individuals having various "occupations." Wild hooded crows in Israel have learned to use breadcrumbs for bait fishing. Crows will engage in mid-air jousting, or air-"chicken" to establish pecking order.

The New Caledonian Crow has also been studied recently because of its ability to manufacture and use its own tools in the day-to-day search for food. This includes dropping seeds into a heavy trafficked street and waiting for a car to crush them open. They can manufacture a large variety of tools by plucking, smoothing and bending twigs and grass stems to procure a variety of foodstuffs. Queensland Australia crows have learned how to eat the toxic cane toad by flipping the cane toad on its back and violently stabbing the throat where the skin is thinner, allowing the crow to access the non-toxic innards.

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[WingedSoulies]

a battle between good and evil >.>?!

who said crows were evil, thier one of the most respectable when it comes to thier crow family

they feed the old and dont abandon any family members O.o

is it cuz thier black...?

[Parthena2]

Go Pidgey! Use Storm Attack!

[emperor270885]

dogfight

[TenkoFox]

@WingedSoulies I know, despite of my neighbor being cruel to them, I did a ' social experiment' with North Western Crows living around my house. I earned their trust in about 2 weeks. Two especially remember me and because of my schedule being always different I would actually call- and they would come like a dog responding to a whistle. :D I nicknamed a female "BlackWing" and her brother "Spirit" Blackwing just had her own family... I want to video tape it, because she's been introducing them

[iiXxNaSTyxX1]

i saw a hawk about a week ago take a crow right out the sky. i swear one of the sickest things to watch

[TuesdayMorningInSept]

cool

[johnnyrevs2007]

Buzzard.....

[pacrebelfan]

who won??!!



[AceofDlamonds]

crows can be really aggressive, but a raven is often too much to handle cuz of their size and aggression.

[kagemurai]

This is no hawk; brobably a Common Buzzard. A hawk catches crows and other birds. A buzzard only preys on non flying animals. This is why he can´t easily get rid of the crows.

[WyldOrbit]

Crows just aren't fast enough to get close to a hawk.. They can annoy the hawk until it gets irritated and goes away, that's about it. They are the kings of the sky around here, such a cool bird. I've seen a hawk swoop on a bird that was no more than 10 feet away from min a tree, it was so fast that I didn't even see or hear it coming, so cool.

[norseleague]

What a crow does is to get this kind of hawk to chase it so a buddy can come up behind the hawk and deliver a lethal blow ot the head...and the crows might just eat it too!!!