This one has been circulating for a couple of years, still worth
watching. My guess is that the two Hoodie Crows are defending a breeding
territory, and dislike the presence of cats. Many birds will attack a
cat - I've seen a Willy Wagtail disconcert a large tom-cat by dashing in
to tweak its tail and snatch fur from its back - and the Crows are
clearly pretty effective.
But the two cats were really having a face-off at the start, staying at
a distance and threatening each other. The Crows teased the pied cat and
its reaction pushed him over the trigger distance for the black cat, so
the fight started. I don't believe the Crows intended the cat-fight to
happen, they just wanted an absence of cats - and got it.
When I went further down your site I found myself listening to an audio
from a 'described as' expert on animal behaviour, whose comments were
very much along these lines.
Anthea Fleming
On 28/06/2012 7:42 PM, Carl Clifford wrote:
I have seen some interesting and unusual behavior from various Corvid species
over the years, but nothing as bizarre as this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07b7VLNbSA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Any ideas as to what the crows may have been doing? Other than fulfilling some
strange death wish, that is.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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