I had the exact same thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago! The squirrel
ran out in the road, stopped, with the crow on its tail, and then ran back
into the trees with the crow hot in pursuit. I was wondering though, if the
crow felt it was a danger to its young or whatnot because cooper's hawks and
sharpy's will get very defensive toward a squirrel too near the nest.



Blake Iverson
Arlington, WA
coopershwk at hotmail.com




>From: Rolan Nelson <rnbuffle at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: rnbuffle at yahoo.com
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: RE: Corvids Chasing Prey
>Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 22:40:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>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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