Earlier this evening I watched a soaring Red-tailed Hawk being mobbed by a small flock of English Starlings (40 or so) flying around him in a kind of mini-murmuration. He would fly away from them and they would follow him. This continued for several minutes until he took a bee-line into the next county.
I was wondering if this was a common thing with English Starlings--ganging up on our Red-tailed Hawks here in the USA and on Common Buzzards in Europe.
I have seen Red-tailed Hawks being mobbed by a variety of birds often, including Broad-winged Hawks and Sharp-shins, but never by a pack of birds from a single species.
Bob
I was wondering if this was a common thing with English Starlings--ganging up on our Red-tailed Hawks here in the USA and on Common Buzzards in Europe.
I have seen Red-tailed Hawks being mobbed by a variety of birds often, including Broad-winged Hawks and Sharp-shins, but never by a pack of birds from a single species.
Bob
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