Subject: Corvids Chasing Prey
Date: Jun 3 22:40:10 2003
From: Rolan Nelson - rnbuffle at yahoo.com


Greetings Tweeters,

Jody's message about the STELLER'S JAY reminded me that Sunday I saw something I hadn't seen before. I was driving at the time, so I don't know the end of the story, but a small (Douglas?) squirrel ran in front of my truck with an AMERICAN CROW in hot pursuit. The bird had talons extended (do crows even HAVE talons?) and was trying his darnedest to nail that critter. He made several passes and near misses as they both scooted across the road.
I also got my first look at a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD doing its "J dive" thing in my back yard. Very impressive!

-Rolan


Rolan Nelson
Burley, WA
rnbuffle at yahoo.com

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