Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Murdering Crows




2 Carrion Crows murdered a magpie today in the field next to the house.They pecked it to death repeatedly smashing it in the head till it died,it put up a good fight for about 10 minutes it tried to get away,but in the end it was outnumbered.I got it in the scope for a while but it was too grusome to watch.......They didnt eat it,just killed it.................

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hence the collective term "Murder of Crows".

Brian Sumner . said...

Id have thought the other Magpies would have seen the crows off?

AndyC said...

Other magpies were seen off by the other crow,whilst its made ,killed the magpie.

David Sutcliffe said...

I did once see 2 Magpies doing exactly the same thing to an adult Woodpigeon in Shibden Park (May. that was gruesome too and prolonged for nearly an hour!