I have been tossing peanuts to crows in my rural yard and several surrounding families are making it a breakfast and lunch stop. Several days ago I noticed one young ( female? Large) Cooper’s hawk harassing the crows. This has continued and today there are three hawks, looking like sibs. The hawks chase each other as well as the increasingly nonchalant crows.
I watched one “ chase” as the crow, peanut in beak, appeared to fly slowly and haltingly which didn’t allow the young hawk to gather horizontal speed. It was continually braking until it swooped up onto a branch. On the first days, the crows were continually giving their grating protest-call but now I barely hear it and the chases are shorter or the crow just refuses to fly. I presume both hawks and crows are learning something. So far, no peanut carrying hawks! Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
