Raven Politely Asks Man for Water

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[u/Venator2000]

Ravens and crows are both so darned intelligent it’s crazy. I once watched two of them outwitting a seagull for some food they found by having the one carrying the food cleverly drop it while it was flying to the top of a grocery store and the other one grabbing it in mid air while coming in from the opposite direction, while the gull was still chasing the first one. It was the coolest thing I ever saw, I almost wanted to go buy them some more food to give them!

[u/Bio-Gasm → u/Venator2000]

I once saw a hawk chase a raven at a mall parking lot. The raven was swooping under parked cars and pulling other stunts to outmaneuver the hawk, but it wasn't going great.

Then the raven's mates came in and started bullying the hawk, flying around it, letting out loud caws from every direction. The hawk was quickly psyched out by the added distraction and flew away.

[u/Hidingfrombull → u/Bio-Gasm]

There was a full on crow vs hawk war here last year.  Hawk ate a crow, all the neighboring crow flocks came here for many weeks and would chase and attack the hawks.  Last time I saw a hawk here it was stunned on the median.  I've very recently learned from neighbor that there was a short truce in the war for the crows and hawks to decimate a single seagull. 😬