Hello,

A couple weeks ago I saw a pair of Crows chase a raccoon across Orchard street here in Tacoma. I'm guessing it got to close to a nest.

Bryan O.
Tacoma Wa.
obryan214 at yahoo.com

fremontinn at aol.com wrote: John & Tweets,

Yesterday morning I was fixing breakfast and I heard crows making a LOT
of noise outside. I stepped out on the porch and saw them high in our
cherry tree. They took turns diving at something in the tree. I was
also looking for a hawk but instead found a raccoon! It was picking
cherries and the crows were not at all happy that it was feasting on
"their" cherries.

Bruce Jones
Shoreline, WA


-----Original Message-----
From: johntubbs at comcast.net
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 4:37 pm
Subject: [Tweeters] AMERICAN CROWS Dive Bombing a...WHAT??

Hi All,

Yesterday evening when I got home from work I looked out the window to
see (and hear) four or five crows about 100 yards away dive bombing
something. Whatever the something was appeared to be at ground level
based on the crows' flight paths. Curious, I grabbed my binocs to see
what could be on the ground that they were after. Peregrine? Nope.
Eagle? Nope. Hawk? Nope. Owl? Nope.

What they were dive bombing was an adult coyote sauntering across an
open area...! I don't know if this is common behavior for crows, but
it certainly was a first for me. Hard to imagine what threat the
coyote posed to them unless there was a fledgling crow out of the nest
too early and who wasn't able to get airborne yet that they were
protecting.

Anyone else ever witness something like this?

John Tubbs
johntubbs at comcast.net
www.tubbsphoto.com

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