From Cuong Nguyen
I was speechless when I witnessed this large raven attacking the great horned owl. Both came out OK after that, and the great horned flew away. Shot was taken last year in Ottawa.
For owls that are superb.
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Oh wow
Yes, this was a huge surprise while scrolling my feed. Pics have been pretty meh lately (probably due to holidays, less people posting and working on photopgraphy) and this stopped my swiping instantly!
Commenters that were bigger corvid experts were saying these are juveniles, so not as aware they shouldn't get quite so close in their mobbing of raptors, but everyone was fine in the end.
I was very glad to see the second photo as there was a lot of AI talk in the comments.
Yeah I love crows but hate how they mob Hawks and owls
They're just looking out for their friends and family. It's very rare for anyone to get hurt.
I like bears, but I'd shoo one away from my front door 😅
Ah fair
ok, so it's mobbing, that explains a lot. Thanks for the details!
Yup, there are tons of great articles about mobbing by all kinds of species and all kinds of targets if you want to read more or search videos, etc. It's a really amazing defense technique to study.