A few years ago I was at a gas station in north Seattle when I noticed a few lively crows on a wall near the parking lot. One of them had a large, freshly dead rat. I can't say for sure that they caught it but I'm guessing they could have. I have seen crows attack and kill an injured robin. Just yesterday I saw a crow on a light pole with a small dead rodent.

Simone Lupson-Cook
Seattle, WA
Zingie at aol.com


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From: floriferous at msn.com
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 2:18 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] A crow dispatching a vole


On my walk this afternoon there was a crow in a pasture making broad one wing flap hops through the grass. It would peck at something each time it landed. After five or so hops it stayed put, pecking and worrying something with its bill. A dog ran up towards me barking and the crow took off and flew overhead with a large dark rodent which I tentatively would ID as a Townsends Vole. This was the first time I have seen a crow act as a rodent predator.

Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer
The Environmental Science School
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