Crazy darn Bird Behavior

[AbominableDro-Man]

Was watching a mole push dirt around out in the yard, thinking to myself, I should really kill that stupid thing..about 10 mins go by, the little bugger is mounding dirt out in the sunlight..but there be yonder Dinky Crow, eyein' said Mole over...and it swept down from the tree and snagged the critter. Never saw a crow snag a mole before..

Edited April 29, 2014 by AbominableDro-Man

[pergamum362]

Lol, neither have i.

[trichcycler]

excellent spotting!  thanks for sharing

[jointedone]

Our Jack Russells will do a great job,and they work for Milkbones.

[AbominableDro-Man]

Sort of mean buggers really, sort of just flew up to the post out there and dropped it on the road from about..oh 30ft or so

[t-pain]

jack russel huh? i had a rat terrier once, similar breed,

it didnt catch any moles, but decided to dig out the mole tunnels.

 

that dog dug 4 trenches , 8inches wide, 10 inches deep and 50ft long in my yard.

was a pain in the neck to fill all those back in with dirt.

[pergamum362]

Edited April 30, 2014 by pergamum362

[Restorium2]

Sort of mean buggers really, sort of just flew up to the post out there and dropped it on the road from about..oh 30ft or so

I saw three crows gang up on a hawk last week. They kept dive bombing it in the head as it flew away. We have owls in our woods. Owls eat things whole and eventualy cough out the bones, fur, and hair. What they cough up is called an 'owl ball'. The crows harass the owls until they 'cough it up' so they can have a snack. I can tell where an owl is when I hear the crows squawking.

[jointedone]

Love owls. We have some Great Horned hooters that are a joy to listen to. Their calls echo through the twilight and the woods calling to each other. Then theres the Screech owl that I thought was a cougar....................Once on a buggy ride,we actually saw 5 at one time in a tree,right next to the dirt road. We stopped and they let us look at them for quite a while. Probably because we had the horse and buggy instead of a car. It was one of those magic moments that Nature some times lets us see. But I still don't know what the Fox says.

[Restorium2]

Love owls. We have some Great Horned hooters that are a joy to listen to. Their calls echo through the twilight and the woods calling to each other. Then theres the Screech owl that I thought was a cougar....................Once on a buggy ride,we actually saw 5 at one time in a tree,right next to the dirt road. We stopped and they let us look at them for quite a while. Probably because we had the horse and buggy instead of a car. It was one of those magic moments that Nature some times lets us see. But I still don't know what the Fox says.

They will freak you out in the middle of the night until you know what it is;

 

[jointedone]

LMAO,Rest!  My dogs loved that,it drove them nuts. I KNEW you would play that nutty song! HATEE HATEE HATEE HO. oh and thanks,now I will be hearing that in my head all day. But I kinda liked it........................

[imiubu]

I watched a crow harass a squirrel today.  Crow chased it right under a car then hung out

and waited, lol.  About 2 minutes later the squirrel emerged and they both continued on as

though nothing had happened. 

[AbominableDro-Man]

Yeah there are some owls out this way too, have a Bald who frequents the forest nearby as well, he's a pretty one. I assume it's a he, unsure as to what it actually is though. Lot of Cranes too, odd critters with their weird noises.

[t-pain]

someones hand feeding the squirrels near me.

everytime i'm outside the squirrels come way too close and beg for food.

 

we have owls , they hoot a bunch.

bats too, whenever it decides to stay warm out.

[mibrains]

But I still don't know what the Fox says.

 

 

 

[jointedone]

STOP!!! I'm going insane! CHACKA CHACKA CHACKA CHOW! My advice is to NOT scream that at a horse....................Am I the only person that likes that stupid fox hat? I would SO wear that. 

[Highlander]

A few summers ago, my kids and I were watching a young bird that couldn't fly as it hopped around  the grass.  We wanted to see if there was a mother bird nearby.  The little thing seemed OK and was chirping off and on.  We were all surprised when we saw an adult bird - some other kind of bird even - fly down and drop food into the little bird's mouth and then fly away.  We watched a little longer and never saw the second bird again.  Sadly, the next day the little bird was dead, but we still often talk about how cool it was that a completely different kind of bird stopped to help.

[budpuffer]

a few years ago i watched a gang of crows kill some baby robins whose nest had fallen from a tree...it made me sad all day..and still, i push on...lol..the circle of life can be hard to watch from an upstairs window....bp

[jointedone]

I thought I would share a useless fact. Did you know a group of baboons is called a CONGRESS?  A flock of crows is called a MURDER?

[Wild Bill]

Did you know a group of baboons is called a CONGRESS?

How appropriate!