Thursday, May 6, 2010
Red-tailed Hawk dive bombed by crow and other birds -- near home
Today has been good for birding so far. I have had some of my 'regulars' such as crows, starlings, pigeons, etc. I had a Red-tailed Hawk fly directly over me, and away. Also have had a male American Goldfinch. A Fish Crow overhead (Fish Crows are different than what I usually call 'crows' which are American Crows). I had an unidentified bird (between sparrow and meadowlark size, it went unidentified, it had a yellow belly). I kept hearing several pretty songbird calls in my yard, I wasn't quiet sure what it was (or what they were). I found a Northern Mockingbird mimicking different calls. It stayed in a tree for a while, and then flew across a field, and started dive bombing a crow. The crows were calling loudly (others were calling). I think the mockingbird backed off, but what was interesting is a Red-tailed Hawk came in patrolling low. Then the crows got on the hawk and starting dive bombing, and chased the hawk across a field. It's been interesting for birding, but unfortunately no good bird photos today.
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