I said, lady Star I will share another surprise.
Lady Star is a female Red-winged Starling, and you can see how dubious she looked at me, when I answered her question noted in the title of this post.
Apologies for the light, as there was some rain around, but I tried my best on the zoom to take pictures of the fight. Now what fight you might ask, and this was a fight of the feathered kind. We often see territorial battles here, and few birds are as territorial as our pied crows. They have nests in the nearby high trees, and here they attacked a known nest raider. Some birds have a way of terrorizing young birds, and the pied crows are masters at it, as the victim will remember to stay away when it becomes an adult.
So, come and see what I am talking about.
This young hawk's squealing calls gave it away as it landed in a treetop.
Suddenly a crow appeared, and if you look carefully at the photo below, then you will see the young hawk's open beak. It was crying for its mother.
The crow carefully inspected the intruder, and then the crow called his partner over.
Bang! The crow plunged down and attacked the youngster.
I so wish that the light was better, as the young hawk jumped up and took flight.
But not so easy, as the hawk had one crow above and the other crow below it. They came over my head at speed with the young hawk at the left still calling for its parents.
Then they were gone over the roof of our house, and I knew that the crows would escort their enemy far away. But the crows don't have it all their own way, as I have seen smaller birds like the starlings and the drongos attacking the crows when they enter into their territories. Sadly, when food is scarce, the crows also turn into nest raiders. So, it's a kind of eye for an eye business, as if you come into my territory, then I will also come into your territory. Crows are dominant in many areas here, and a problem is that they have almost no predators. At times I see big flocks of crows flying around and it wasn't for no reason that a group of crows are called, a murder of crows Lol.
I hope that you enjoyed the battle and the pictures.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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