Thus, if an owl has taken a pass at, or successfully killed a crow, the rest of the flock will likely learn about it and take the next opportunity to exact revenge, even if the attack did not happen recently. Numerous studies have shown that crows are able to identify things that have attempted to harm them and have the ability to share that knowledge with the rest of the flock. While there does not appear to be a definitive answer among the scientific community about why crows expend energy mobbing owls, at any time other than during the breeding season when they are protecting their young, the prevailing theory is that crows have an innate dislike of owls and use their daylight advantage to torment their largest predator.
However, some of the larger breeds of owl (such as the great-horned owl) will opportunistically hunt young crows if they come upon them. Regardless of which animal you support, the crow vs owl story is an interesting one to consider.ĭuring the day crows will bother the owls that are perched somewhere sleeping, and at night the tables turn when the owls come out to hunt. Although this seems cruel, the crows may not actually be the villains of our story, indeed, it is somewhat unclear who the true villain is. Anytime crows see an owl flying around they will harass it continually to try and keep the owl awake and annoyed. But we can add another pair to our list: owls and crows. Cats and mice, spiders and flies, and wolves and elk are all animals that we think of being arch-enemies of one another.
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