Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 07:53:18 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hilton, Rob" Subject: Crow and Swallowtail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just a few minutes ago I witnessed a Fish Crow chasing down, capturing, and eating a dark swallowtail, from my sixth story office window in Bethesda, Md. The butterfly and the crow went as low as the second floor level and as high as the ninth before the crow finally captured it and landed on the rooftop of a nearby building to consume its prey. What I saw took place over the course of about three minutes. I don't think I've seen a crow go after a butterfly before. I've seen House Sparrows chase cicadas.... Best,=20 Rob Hilton rhilton@csa.com Bethesda, Md. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================