Comments on: Crow eating a blackbird

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:23:36 +0000

Carol, it must have been upsetting for you but it is an amazing thing you have seen. It must have happened in flight did it?
There seems to be a reduction in swift numbers and I just thought the swifts migration must be the cause. Never thought it could be closer to home. Bird eating Bird

By: carol

carol — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:29:24 +0000

i have seen a crow attack a swift and then eat it alive ,i always thought crows lived on road kill now i know better

By: Shell

Shell — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:44:00 +0000

The Swallows usually give off a persistent alarm call which is separate from their twittering. The call seems high pitched and sounds quite alarming. Sometimes you may see them dive bombing/swooping making that sound.

Some birds may also make the alarm call if they are hungry.

If I hear any bird and in particular Swallows make an alarm call I usually go and investigate. Swallows seem to be extremely good at alerting other birds to danger.

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:02:08 +0000

I never thought about crows eating blackbirds until I saw it with my own eyes.

I have heard that swallows warn other birds about danger,but never really thought about it. We always get swallows here so maybe swallows have been warning the garden birds for years

Trisha

By: Shell

Shell — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:07:59 +0000

I didn’t know crows ate larger birds. I knew they could go after chicks and eggs and also eat off carcasses, but I never imagined they would kill a Blackbird or Dove. This is so very sad because songbirds need to exist too.

I think once the Swallows are here the garden birds will become more vigilant to what’s around as the Swallow give off a very audible alarm and seem to be very alert most if not all of the time.