Judy and Tweeters,
Several years before I became a birder. One morning I was getting myself ready for the day when I heard lots of crows in my front yard (even non-birders know crows when they hear them) they were so loud, LOUDER than I had ever noticed before. They went on and on. I didn't bother to look outside, in fact the drapes were still closed. When I went to get in my car I found a dead crow on the lawn. At the time my thought was that the other crows had held court and sentenced this crow to death for some crow-crime it had committed.

on another note:
I had a very nice walk through Wallace Swamp Creek Park this afternoon.

Birds seen gathering food for their young:
Song sparrow, Great Blue heron, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Am. Robin, & chestnut backed Chickadees

Fledglings seen being fed by busy parents:
Bewick's wren, BC Chickadee, and Golden-crowned Kinglets

Linda Phillips
Kenmore



Yesterday loud cawing filled our neighborhood all day long. At one point a group of crows landed in our lawn. "Central Crow" had a slightly injured wing, but could still fly, and he/she was closely surrounded by a half dozen others, constantly cawing at it.

This morning the group was back, only now they were also pecking at CC and causing damage. We shoo'd them away, not wanted to see or hear any more.

I have heard of crows protecting their own, but is it common for them to attack their own? I have to wonder why they would waste 2 days tormenting a fellow-crow rather than using that time to feed, play, and harass other species.