The Fights...within enemies & friends

I was attracted by loud noise on the tree opposite me during one of my trip last week end. It was commotion between myna and crow over piece of food, I think. Not sure who found that big piece of food first, myna or crow? Or if the commotion started on the tree or ground. However, when I pass by the tree, the fight shift from tree to the ground.First 2 crow first flew away from the tree and land on the ground, follow by the mynas. Just look at the formation!The myna might not as big as the crow, but they have the number and their reinforcement is still pouring in. One of the crow flew away back to the tree so as half of the Mynas.Look at the stand off between Mynas & crow.

So far the fight just stop at formation and did not really escalate to the real fight.
Suddenly, the other crow flew back to the ground with the big piece of food in the mouth.

This crow try to land slightly away from the stand off.
Before the crow landed, the other crow suddenly charge at this crow that about to land directly towards my direction.

A very narrow escape! The crow earlier managed to evict the attack from supposedly own friend and flew away. Without this big piece of food, the Mynas disperse too. Come to think of it, could the commotion originated among the crows and the Myna just look for opportunity to take advantage of the food??

p/s - I got a shock looking through the view finder of my camera when the crow flew to my direction.... it was like flying directly to me with full speed. Luckily, it turn away and stop when miss the attack on the other crow.

Birds - Do they saves?

Do birds practice savings when food is abundant? What will you do if you can’t finish you food? Do you dispose the balance food away or do you keep it for later consumption?

I happened to witness this crow got this big piece of meat and was happily consuming it on the tree branch.Perhaps this piece of meat is too big to finish at one go. The crow keeps the balance meat on the branch nearby.Using the bill to push and squeeze the meet, the bird managed to compress the meat to just a small lump and stuck on the tree branch to prevent it from falling.

Also, read more about it on BESG site.

Opportunistic bird - House Crow

Saw this house crow at the Marina South Car Park last week. It is omnivorous and highly opportunistic bird, it can survive on anything that is edible.

This road killed rat is a meal that not to be missed by the crows. They are also know to harass other birds include birds that are bigger than them such as White-bellied sea eagle.