Like Rick, I've seen a Red-shouldered Hawk join a group of crows mobbing 
another bird, which in that particular case turned out to be a 
Red-tailed Hawk. The Red-shoulders in my yard nest nearby and are 
generally ignored by the crows, but any Red-tail that drops in is 
immediately harassed.

-Janet Millenson
Potomac, MD


On 9/25/2011 2:00 PM, Kurt Schwarz wrote:
>
> So, it would appear that the victim of the mobbing was another
> Red-shouldered Hawk.  Do woodpeckers normally mob hawks?  Did the other
> hawk come to lend morale support?  I am pretty puzzled by all this.
>
> Kurt Schwarz
> HowCo
> Goawaybird at verizon dot net
>

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