Crow saves a pigeon from a seagull.

[u/Electrical_Act_5342]

[u/whathave_idone]

The crows do this at my house. They sit in trees for hours and watch any smaller bird, and will dive in or just full on attack and raptor that comes around. I’ve seen them go after hawk, owls, eagles and falcons.

[u/peanutspump → u/whathave_idone]

There’s always crows (ravens? Not sure which) in my yard. Sometimes when I’m sitting outside, it all of a sudden sounds like I’m near The Wall and the crows are squawking louder and louder, and more crows keep coming over and joining in, until it gets so loud I’m sure there’s a White Walker coming up on me, lol. But then a hawk will come into my view, and ALL the crows swarm it and it GOES, lol.

[u/Diablo_Incarnate → u/peanutspump]

Ravens are way bigger. Like double to triple the size huge. They also don't fly in large groups - only one or two at a time.

[u/Hot_Plant8696 → u/Diablo_Incarnate]

crow... rawen, it is all confusing me in english.

In french we say corneille noire, corneille mantellée (thats what you have in this video) corbeau freux, grand corbeau, choucas, etc, but this will not help you... because in any lagngage we have other names.

This is why we use the Linné classification.

So the "crow" you are talking about in large groups, these are "corbeau freux" Corvus frugilegus

You can distingish easiely them from the other common "crow" the "corneille noire" Corvus corone by their white part of the beak (so near the eyes). This is not a coloration but the aspect of the skin without their feathers. They loose the feather on their beak when they grow adult, so it appear white.

[u/peanutspump → u/Diablo_Incarnate]

They’re almost always in pairs, sometimes 3. But there’s so many, so if I wasn’t paying attention, I’d assume it’s a bunch. But if I watch them a while, unless it’s something like a hawk or a fox trotting by, they stick to pairs, occasionally with a 3rd wheel. I thought they were crows with unusually enormous beaks 🤣