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From: J.M.Spencer@newcastle.ac.uk (Jonathan Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Strafed by Crows
Keywords: crows; strafe; bereaved or just being jerks?
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Date: 10 Jun 91 08:48:30 GMT
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At this time of year young crows are fledged and leaving their nests.
Unlike other species, crows canot fly upon fledging. Thus they hop out
the nest and spend several days on the ground being tended - and
protected - by their parents. This is the most likely situation. If you
were to put a gundog through the shrubs, it would most likely come out
with a young crow in it's mouth. My GWP did this yesterday evening and
found a jackdaw. (I let it go.) However, I think it's rare that the
parents actually attack, they normally just make a hell of a racket. 

--Jonathan