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Around here (BC, Canada) you'll see a single crow chasing away a bald eagle. They get very aggressive when they're protecting their nests.

by YZF 5y ago

amanaplanacanal 5y ago
I’m south of you in Oregon, and I’ve seen a single crow chase away a red tailed Hawk. It’s definitely a strange sight.
- YZF 5y ago
  The eagles are somewhat less maneuverable- crows are very nimble flyers. I just saw a crow on my walk today land backwards in the wind. They can avoid the claws and beak... Sort of like a monkey harassing a tiger. They'll actually pull feathers off the eagle. Every now and then the eagles pull some crazy moves though to get away, they'll tilt sideways and fall. It's like a move you might see in fighter jet dogfights. Around here harriers also get harassed by the crows.
  - Cosmin_C 5y ago
    At first I read it like the crows in your area are harassing Harrier jump jets.
    - rantwasp 5y ago
      That’s how I read it at first. I was like: wow, this crow stories are getting out of hand
rantwasp 5y ago
lol. the eagle is something like: whatever man, I don't need this shift :)
ficklepickle 5y ago
A single crow chased me off recently by swooping at my head repeatedly. I was just walking down a sidewalk in Vancouver, minding my own business. It must have had a nest in the tree above the sidewalk.
- croon 5y ago
  I've had this happen a lot by gulls. Every spring they nest at various rooftops, and anyone walking within 50 yards of the house gets swooped repeatedly. It's definitely my least favorite bird.
- singingboyo 5y ago
  The strangest part of this to me is that I've never once had this happen in the Willingdon Park office park near Brentwood in Burnaby. It is absolutely covered with crows overnight, at all times of the year.[1] But the one time I walked down the wrong sidewalk in Point Grey (so Vancouver 'proper') during springtime, the back of my head gets smacked. [1] Perhaps the Burnaby/Willingdon crows consider the absurd amounts of crow shit on cars, sidewalks, buildings, etc. to be adequate warning? The stench after a rain is... eugh.

Around here (BC, Canada) you'll see a single crow chasing away a bald eagle. They get very aggressive when they're protecting their nests.

by YZF 5y ago

Around here (BC, Canada) you'll see a single crow chasing away a bald eagle. They get very aggressive when they're protecting their nests.

amanaplanacanal 5y ago

I’m south of you in Oregon, and I’ve seen a single crow chase away a red tailed Hawk. It’s definitely a strange sight.

YZF 5y ago
The eagles are somewhat less maneuverable- crows are very nimble flyers. I just saw a crow on my walk today land backwards in the wind. They can avoid the claws and beak... Sort of like a monkey harassing a tiger. They'll actually pull feathers off the eagle. Every now and then the eagles pull some crazy moves though to get away, they'll tilt sideways and fall. It's like a move you might see in fighter jet dogfights. Around here harriers also get harassed by the crows.
- Cosmin_C 5y ago
  At first I read it like the crows in your area are harassing Harrier jump jets.
  - rantwasp 5y ago
    That’s how I read it at first. I was like: wow, this crow stories are getting out of hand

rantwasp 5y ago

lol. the eagle is something like: whatever man, I don't need this shift :)

ficklepickle 5y ago

A single crow chased me off recently by swooping at my head repeatedly. I was just walking down a sidewalk in Vancouver, minding my own business. It must have had a nest in the tree above the sidewalk.

croon 5y ago
I've had this happen a lot by gulls. Every spring they nest at various rooftops, and anyone walking within 50 yards of the house gets swooped repeatedly. It's definitely my least favorite bird.
singingboyo 5y ago
The strangest part of this to me is that I've never once had this happen in the Willingdon Park office park near Brentwood in Burnaby. It is absolutely covered with crows overnight, at all times of the year.[1] But the one time I walked down the wrong sidewalk in Point Grey (so Vancouver 'proper') during springtime, the back of my head gets smacked. [1] Perhaps the Burnaby/Willingdon crows consider the absurd amounts of crow shit on cars, sidewalks, buildings, etc. to be adequate warning? The stench after a rain is... eugh.