Re: Crows attack cottontail
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07/21/19 12:20 PM
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Crows rank right up there with hawks. Whats worse is the fact they have a “season” for them here in Georgia...not that many pay attention to it. Seen them chase a coon and are serious nest predators as well, whether it’s quail, duck, or turkeys. There is a reason that the name for a flock that f crows is a murder, seen quite a few times when a flock has taken on and killed animals you would not expect them to be able to and then feasted on it, sad thing is that if you showed most people it they would tell you that they were just scavenging and that something else killed it because crows are just scavengers and not predators Just like the idiots that tell you only man kills for sport and even when shown proof they insist it’s not so
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Re: Crows attack cottontail
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07/21/19 02:01 PM
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I've seen a crow grab a sparrow just out of the nest and fly away with it. I've also seen a single crow chase down and nearly peck a cottontail to death on the road. I ended up finishing off the cottontail as a mercy killing.
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Re: Crows attack cottontail
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07/22/19 11:44 AM
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I was sitting in traffic in my phone company van next to a vacant lot and saw a flock of crows attack and kill a young rabbit. I have also seen them destroy eggs in a goose nest.
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Re: Crows attack cottontail
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07/22/19 05:26 PM
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Crows are the National Bird of Mexico, and they are classified as a migratory game bird with seasons and limits.
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Re: Crows attack cottontail
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07/22/19 06:58 PM
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As a kid in the 70's crows did significant damage to corn and other crops around here. We still have crows but back then, there were flocks (murders?) of thousands of them. We kept a 20ga in my dad's truck just to keep the crows out of his corn. If you shot one, it didn't do much. If you winged one and it called to the others, a black cloud of birds would rise in the air and fly away.
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Re: Crows attack cottontail
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07/23/19 04:09 PM
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I watched a raven kill a sharptailed grouse. I found a nest in CA with a white raven in it.
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