Nature Notes 2022 (5) -

[anna_wing]

I came home from the office yesterday to a household in full mourning. A crow was attacking the nest, trying to get at the yellow-vented bulbul fledgling, despite everything that the parents and Housekeeper could do in the way of flapping about and shouting. Went to bed very depressed.

Then I came home for lunch to some good news, which was that the fledgling apparently escaped, because Housekeeper saw it again this morning. Still some goings on, possibly the crows again, but so far (cross fingers, come on Yavanna, be nice for once) it is still alive.

Comments

[hhimring]

Crossing fingers for that fledgling!

[shirebound]

That's very traumatic for everyone! May the fledgling survive, and the crows take their aggression somewhere else.

Crows are such bullies. When they come to my bird feeders, the smaller birds scatter.

[asakiyume]

Nature is so merciless about which young survive... I hope your fledgling makes it!