Subject: [Tweeters] Corvids vs. squirrels
Date: Nov 6 09:33:07 2004
From: Ellen Blackstone - Ellen at 123imagine.net


Hi, Tweeters,

I had heard of this, but not seen it myself -- until yesterday.

I observed two crows, definitely working in concert, trying to drive an
Eastern gray squirrel into traffic. It was on a very busy street. The
squirrel was under a parked car. The crows were working the sidewalk and
both ends of the car, so the only the direction the squirrel could run
was into traffic. One crow would duck and dodge under the car, to keep
the squirrel on edge.

Very clever, those corvis...

EB

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Ellen Blackstone, Wedgwood, Seattle
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