That is an interesting thought Mike! Even though some birders have seen it
being mobbed, it does not seem to be a major event for crows. I had a
Peregrine Falcon being mobbed by a hole murder of crows a few days ago here
in Twin Lakes/Federal Way. The falcon was sitting on a large , lower
branch while the crows were gathering on top of large pine bordering one
of our lakes. The falcon kept a keen eye on the crows, but they only made
half hearted dives at it. It seemed they had more respect for the
Peregrine than a Red-tailed Hawk!
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mollycvetovac at gmail.com> wrote:
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I've seen photos of this owl being mobbed by crows. I think it is
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happening occasionally.
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> On Nov 30, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Mike Wagenbach <wagen at uw.edu> wrote:
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> When viewing the Queen Anne Snowy Owl yesterday, I was struck by the
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lack of crows hectoring it. I'd have thought that, say, a Great-Horned Owl
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or a Cooper's Hawk in an equally exposed location would have had at least a
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couple of crows making a racket.
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> We had looked for her unsuccessfully on Friday afternoon, and thought
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maybe listening for crows would help us find where she had moved during
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that hour, but didn't hear any while walking fairly extensively around the
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hill.
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> Do crows not recognize Snowies as raptors due to their rarity here?
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> Mike Wagenbach
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