Every year when the Ospreys return to the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, NY; they find somebody has moved into there nest. This year it was a pair of crows and it was interesting to see the air to air combat after the female osprey chased one of the crows from the nest and then the crow attacked.
Comments and suggestions welcome,
Morris
1) Osprey on the way to her nest
2) Crow chasing Osprey
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4) Crow buzzes osprey
5) Osprey maneuvers and gets away
6) Crow starts to chase Osprey again
7) The Osprey reverses the game and they both vanish into the distance
8) Starlings build there nest in the lower level and came out to watch the action
Crows are fearless. They are truly like Chihuahuas and are willing to pick fights. I’ve never experienced magpie rage that people talk about in Australia, however crows or corvids too So it does make sense that both of these birds have such aggressive behavior
