When Urban Wildlife Attacks...

[Jesus_marley]

How large were these crows? I have seen some real big ones of recent.

Sure they wern't ravens? they do look almost identical except for size. Ravens tend to be 20 to 30 percent larger than the average crow.

As for my attackers, they were just your typical crow. After the attack I figured that there was probably a nest nearby or at at the least I was threatening their territory.

 

[elforcelf]

Ever see the first Omen?

 

[WmRAllen67]

Maybe it thought you were Tippy Hedren...

 

[frankthedm]

Sure they wern't ravens? they do look almost identical except for size. Ravens tend to be 20 to 30 percent larger than the average crow.

As for my attackers, they were just your typical crow. After the attack I figured that there was probably a nest nearby or at at the least I was threatening their territory.

They were darn big, so yeah, likly a raven.

Here is something cool, the opposum won't be the main contender for the North american dire rat much longer...
Gambian pouch rat: Currently these rats have been an invasive species on Grassy Key in the Florida Keys. It is unknown how the rat was released to the wild, and there is fear that if the rats reach Key Largo they could invade the Everglades and cause great ecological damage. Biologists say it would compete for food with native species, carry diseases, and damage the bird population by eating their eggs.

This outsized African rodent is also believed to be responsible for the current outbreak of monkeypox in the United States. In 2003, the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration issued an order preventing the importation of the rodents following the first reported outbreak of monkeypox. Several African species are believed to carry the disease.