[TN-Bird] robin and crow

Robins don't often come into my feeder area though I see them at the edge of 
the yard at times. Today there was one that was behaving strangely. I was 
out on the deck, a story up and several yards from a small concrete patio at 
the rear of my house where I keep the birdbath.  The robin hopped from the 
patio and sat on the grass right next to my house and even closer to the 
deck; it appeared to have only one leg, though I'm not sure. After observing 
it for about 5 minutes, hoping it would move again so I could check out the 
leg situation, I went inside for my camera, fully expecting it to be gone 
when I returned after digging out my camera, changing lenses, etc.  But it 
was still there, hadn't moved. But before I could raise the camera to focus 
it, a lone crow flew in, heading straight for the robin, which took off with 
the crow in hot pursuit. I don't know the outcome of the chase as they flew 
around the side of the house out of view. I can only hope the robin escaped. 
However, from the way the robin had been behaving, it was probably not in 
good health in any case.

This is the second time I've seen a crow go after a bird in that general 
area. Last summer a crow swooped down near the birdbath and immediately took 
off again. I thought it had seen me and got spooked. I hadn't seen it take 
the bird, but that is what had happened as the crow flew to the edge of the 
yard and proceeded to kill its prey in the tall grass. All I could see was 
the crow and a fluttering of brown wings. Probably a finch or sparrow. It 
took me a while to start liking the crows again after that.

Carole Gobert
West Knox County, Knoxville, TN





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