Hello
First I'll appologise for posting a message regarding a crow.
Sorry (but it was certainly acting like a bird of prey).
Yesterday, as I sat drinking some coffee and watching the grazing pasture outside one of the place's I work from (in Suffolk) I happened to see a Carrion Crow fly up and over the perimeter fenceline then down along the fence for about 20ft. What arroused my attention was a brown blob that seemed to be running in the same direction along the ground.
After a very brief chase the crow alighted and started stabbing at something. At this point I went out to get my bin's and came back in to see the crow stabbing at the body of a young rabbit it had caught. The rabbit tried to get away briefly but was repeatedly stabbed until dead. (No - I wasn't able to save it - in the same way as I am not able to save voles from Barn Owls etc...)
After a little while the crow flew off with the rabbit.
Is this common behaviour for a Carrion Crow?
Regards
First I'll appologise for posting a message regarding a crow.
Sorry (but it was certainly acting like a bird of prey).
Yesterday, as I sat drinking some coffee and watching the grazing pasture outside one of the place's I work from (in Suffolk) I happened to see a Carrion Crow fly up and over the perimeter fenceline then down along the fence for about 20ft. What arroused my attention was a brown blob that seemed to be running in the same direction along the ground.
After a very brief chase the crow alighted and started stabbing at something. At this point I went out to get my bin's and came back in to see the crow stabbing at the body of a young rabbit it had caught. The rabbit tried to get away briefly but was repeatedly stabbed until dead. (No - I wasn't able to save it - in the same way as I am not able to save voles from Barn Owls etc...)
After a little while the crow flew off with the rabbit.
Is this common behaviour for a Carrion Crow?
Regards