What is mobbing behavior in birds?
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- One day, I saw this owl, and then this happened. Let's play that again in slow motion. This behavior is known as mobbing. It's when a smaller bird chases or dive bombs a larger bird.
Chapters:
What is mobbing? 00:00
Which birds mob? 00:28
Targets of mobbing 00:54
Purpose of mobbing 01:01
Why not defend itself? 02:07
Conclusion 03:02
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Credits in order of appearance:
What is mobbing?
-Red-winged blackbird and sandhill cranes by timothysob from Canva.com
Which birds mob?
-American crow by JackBulmer from pixabay.com
-Hooded crow mobbing white-tailed sea eagle by BlackBoxGuild from videvo.net
-3 crows chasing hawk by BlackBoxGuild from videvo.net
-Red-winged blackbird and great blue heron by db_beyer from Canva.com
Targets of mobbing
-Crows and owl by Jim Williams from Canva.com
-Kingbird and red-tailed hawk by bobloblaw from Canva.com
-Red-winged blackbird and sandhill crane by USFWS Midwest Region from Flickr.com, public domain
-Red-winged blackbird and great blue heron by Passion4nature from Canva.com
Purpose of mobbing
-Red-winged blackbird and sandhill crane by USFWS Mountain-Prairie from Flickr.com
-Crows mobbing owl by Jim Williams from Canva.com
-Blue jay by JasonMackenzie from Canva.com
-Two crows mobbing owl by Jim Williams from Canva.com
-Crow mobbing owl in tree by Tammi Mild from Canva.com
-Blue jay and red-tailed hawk by joesboy from Canva.com
Why not defend itself?
-Computer screen and cat by SVPhilon from Canva.com
-Red-winged blackbird and osprey from Jun Zhou from Canva.com
-Red-winged blackbird and sandhill crane by timothysob from Canva.com
-Crow vocalization by Pixabay from Pixabay.com
-Blue jay and red-tailed hawk by joesboy from Canva.com
-Red-winged blackbird and swallow mob crow by Hailshadow from Canva.com
-Hooded crow mobbing white-tailed sea eagle by BlackBoxGuild from videvo.net
Conclusion
-Crow and eagle by James_Cook_Photo from Canva.com
-Sandhill crane and red-winged blackbird by timothysob from Canva.com
Thumbnail photo credit: Jens_Lambert_Photography
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I just discovered your channel. Coincidentally, I just witnessed a red tailed hawk sitting on a post that was getting mobbed by a single Mockingbird and several Swifts. Where I live it's usually Blue Jays and Mockingbirds that do the mobbing work so it was a surprise to see Swifts teaming up with the Mockingbird. They finally chased it away. On the other hand, I've seen a Red Tailed Hawk mobbing a Raven here a couple of times so I guess it's a tactic for all when the need suits it. Thanks for the informative video.
where i grew up, northern mockingbirds were the most common mobbers! they're really bold and feisty little birds!
I’ve seen 3 crows mobbing a red tailed hawk in flight. I’ve seen one crow squawking at a RTH while it was eating another bird. I’ve heard blue jays warn other birds of a cooper’s hawk nearby.
I love when birds show us humans how bada$$ they really are!
Thank you for sharing. Yes, they are!
Most interesting mob I ever saw was a mass influx of American Crows to an area back in the forest. From my vantage point I could see incoming crows responding to the alarm from all directions. Curiosity got the best of me and I started bushwhacking into the woods in that direction. It was their old nemesis a Great Horned Owl in a tree being harrassed. However, there was a Red-shouldered Hawk up above circling and calling above the fray. I researched and RSHA are also victims of GHOW predation on their eggs and nestlings. Seemed to me the RSHA and AMCR were allies for that moment.
Where I live there is an extended family of Crows. They're very talkative and fun to watch. About two years ago I saw them mobbing a Red Tailed Hawk. I felt sorry for the hawk. It was out numbered and outgunned. For a few minutes I thought I was going to see two murders in one day. But, the hawk got away.
I lived in a rural area and had my local American Crow family I watched through the seasons and for 13 years. Saw the crows try to trick a Red-shouldered Hawk off a rabbit it had just killed. They didn't succeed but gave it a good try. Researched it and this is an old Crow trick, lol.
Lol birds can’t talk… you’re probably imagining all this in your head buddy…
I saw a flock of Cardinals mob a Hawk once in my backyard.
I’ve been mobbed by red winged blackbirds. I’ve also seen them mobbing osprey. And crows mobbing something a couple hundred yards away. Couldn’t see what the target was. Probably an owl? And starlings flock a lot, which can convert to mobbing in a split second.
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I've been mobbed by redwing blackbirds, too. They have bad tempers around their nests.
I have heard of red-winged blackbirds mobbing people. They are so fearless and bold during the breeding season.
The odds are it is an owl but hawks can be mobbed also.
I've noticed this behavior in miners, magpie-larks and willie wagtails
Yesterday at dusk I heard some mockingbirds freaking out and figured it was a snake but it turned out to be an 🦉. I was surprised how close I was able to get to it before the mockingbirds drove it away.
Yesterday, I saw two mocking birds team up with two other birds (unknown type) all against a red-tail hawk. When the hawk fled, he made a 90 degree turn between trees, in an attempt to shake the pesky little birds. It was a sight to behold.
Later in the day, the mockingbirds started fussing with me! I showed them that I could launch a shovel high into a tree and I think that they got the point.
Very interesting 👍 !.
Big birds don't seem to be really molested by the little ones. Yes I saw Magpies mobbing Crows and vice-versa. Very tough because almost same sizes 😮.
This week, I saw a group of anu (Guira guira) mobbing ten toucans (Ramphastos toco), tizius (Volatinia jacarina) mobbing gavião-peneira (Elanus leucurus) and saracuras-do-brejo (Aramides saracura) and quero-queros (Vanellus chilensis) mobbing carcarás (Caracara placus).
Thank you for sharing that!
I saw a turkey vulture being chased by two crows!!
Im fairly certain I was attacked by redwing blackbirds in a park near my house.