I was sorry to hear about the magpie taking the stunned goldfinch. I
have seen crows twice this week, chase birds into the window during math
class. When this happened, the crows would wait about 20 seconds and
then descend to where the bird was. The first time, it was a robin,
which got up and started to fly to the tree about 40 feet away. When it
was about three feet from the nearest branch, it just fell straight to
the ground where about five crows pecked it to death and fought over the
remains. Has anyone else seen this type of systematic predator behavior
in the local crows?


Michael Dossett
Seattle, Washington
mpdossett at Juno.com