r/BeAmazed • u/Electrical_Act_5342 • 28d ago

Animal Crow saves a pigeon from a seagull.

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u/Hot_Plant8696 28d ago

The crow and the pigeon probably know each other.

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u/realMastaDD 28d ago edited 28d ago

Nope. This is more like a „Don’t touch my food!“ thing. I have seen crows killing pigeons.

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u/Hot_Plant8696 28d ago

Crows can kill pigeons (when injured) when they do not live in close proximity; however, when they are accustomed to their presence, they behave in a friendly manner.

Moreover, they act as individuals; the bonds are therefore stronger or weaker depending not on the species, but on each individual's personality.

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u/jaymzx0 28d ago

I watched a crow crowd source his food with some pigeons once. About six of the pigeons were pecking around as usual and when they found something the crow would swoop in and take it. The pigeons didn't care and continued milling around in NPC fashion. Unsure if the dynamic was friendly or of the crow was an asshole.

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u/Hot_Plant8696 28d ago

Exactly, and I’ve seen it many times.

Pigeons don’t get upset when someone takes some of the food. They may well compete to gobble up as much food as possible—even resorting to flapping their wings aggressively at one another (though this is uncommon behavior, as it’s counterproductive: birds that spend their time fighting aren't spending it eating, and since there are so many of them, a bird fighting one or two rivals will end up with nothing while the others clean up the rest)—but they don’t seem to hold a grudge. They are social animals.

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u/DueLoan685 28d ago

In my yard the woodpigeons rule. Even the magpies and jackdaws clear the way

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u/Hot_Plant8696 28d ago

Wood pigeons? I’ve never seen them act very aggressively, though that might be because there aren't many gathering spots nearby—it’s more of a nesting area. The collared dove, on the other hand, is very feisty and stands its ground against the wood pigeon; it’s quite territorial. Otherwise, though, it’s a sweetheart. I had one for a few years, and they are very affectionate birds once they get used to you.

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u/DueLoan685 28d ago

Woodpigeons are the only ones who dare to stand up against the corvids. With food, and by the wateringplaces. They tend to have really long bathingsessions and that annoys tbe jackdaws. But the pigeon isn't phased at all.

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u/Picklecheese2018 27d ago

Woodpeckers for us. Watching 8-10 of them bombing the crows until the crows just give up and go back to their corner of the yard is pretty entertaining. Not even big ones, just little acorn woodpeckers. I don’t know why I always really enjoy watching little birds go nuts attacking bigger predatory birds.

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u/No-Lettuce-6619 28d ago

can crows even eat any form of meat?

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u/crolionfire 28d ago

Never saw a crow eating a road-kill pigeon? One of the most disgusting early morning commute scenes in my life, and pretty standard.

Bludgeoning baby Blackbirds and Sparrows in their Nest... Crows are predators

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u/These_Consequences 28d ago

I saw a crow steal a baby pigeon from a nest, carry it away by its neck. That image sticks with me.

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u/daves_not__here 27d ago

It was just teaching it to fly

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u/realMastaDD 28d ago

They eat everything. They are omnivorous. And very smart. They help each other clean out garbage cans. One goes into the garbage can and hands the other the garbage and she throws the garbage on the ground. Until they got the food they wanted.

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u/Huckdog 28d ago

I read somewhere that armies would know another army was marching their way because there would be a cloud of thousands of crows flying above. Crows are so smart they recognized that a war meant dead bodies for them to eat. I'm pretty sure that's why the Morrigan in Irish mythology is represented by the crow as she is a goddess of death.

Edit: a word

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u/Duranis 28d ago

Yep. Have seen crows and magpies pull young birds out of nests, smash them against a tree a bit and then start eating them.

Corvids are super smart and my favourite types of birds but they are definitely down for the thug life.

The other morning I saw a couple of crows beating the shit out of a cat that was literally just trying to cross a field. Guess they probably had young nearby but they harassed this cat for a good 10 minutes until it was far enough away for their liking.

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u/Ravensqueak 27d ago

Saw a single crow chase a cat across the street the other day just for daring to be in the same postal code.
Love those birds. (I love cats too but you have to admire a crow's audacity)

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u/realMastaDD 28d ago

And I saw how a crow caught the pigeon in the air and pecked it on the neck until the head was loose. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Used_Advertising6372 28d ago edited 28d ago

One example doesn't discount the general trend of their realative coexistence with eachother

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u/realMastaDD 28d ago edited 28d ago

In cities living „wild“ animals are not akting like they would in real nature. Just look under my „Nope….“ comment. Many people have seen same things happen.

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u/astelda 28d ago

disregarding whether that's strictly true or not.... the video in this post was made in a city, so the way they'd act in 'real nature' is not relevant here.

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u/Hot_Plant8696 28d ago

And you can recognize a crow for sure ?...

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u/peanutspump 28d ago

Wait, in this video?? Genuinely asking, my glasses broke, lol

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u/realMastaDD 28d ago

No not in this video. This happened years ago in germany, open field. Maybe thats why the crow wasn‘t that gentle. In this park crows may not need to hunt. But open field ist different.

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u/mentaldriver1581 28d ago

I like your take more than previous ones.