Yeah poor thing seems ill

it is perfectly fine. it is not worried about those silly crows, LOL. this is probably very early in the morning at sun break and it is heading home.

He may just be resting. The blood could have come from prey he caught in the night. 🇬🇧🦉

@@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw When birds are sick they act exactly like this. Owls are not just sitting there in the daylight. She is total apathetic, the feathers are fluffed up and she is not sitting upright. The crows can sense that

Also her wings are hanging and it sits almost on the ground. Thats not normal behavior

​@@richardthered there is blood on the mouth

Owls have sonar capabilities that other birds don't have. The possibility of one running into Window is very low.

@@richardthered you're so off the charts it's unreal. please stop embarrassing yourself

@@iwuanadie1058 What do you mean? Could you, for the sake of educating, explain where Richard is wrong? I'm genuinely curious.

@@InsoIence sure. I'll copy my comment: "poor owl..... it has blood around its beak and its expression looks as if she's in pain... notice her eyes in the beginning of the vid, where she slowly turns. she also doesn't respond to a crow brushing her feathers while passing above her... i hope she'll recover... at least she could fly, so she'll probably recover. they never get this much blood from just eating, which is what worries me."

I was thinking the same thing, or hurt.

I'm wondering if the owl flew into a window pane. It's a common and often fatal event for birds if they hit the glass at speed. They see the reflection of trees and sky in the glass, and think they're flying into open space.

hahahahahaha

careful...

So you were the only vegetarian in a town full of meat eaters?

😂😂

Sorounded by blacks......

Willing to confirm with anecdotal observation. There is an Owl that seems to nest near my house, in a major suburb of Seattle. The local crows pay no mind at all to his (or her) hoots. However, comma, I was out doing yardwork one day, and heard the shriek of a Hawk...

Конкурент по красному мясу - мышам ) только сова ночной охотник )

That’s really cool. Thanks for the info. I have always wanted to be friends some crows🤣. I think that would be pretty cool so have something watching me from the skies

@@JenniferPChung Its quite easy to be honest, its the same with most animals humans must offer food and time really. One of mine likes to sit on my shoulder and perch on the park bench with me. This is very rare for a wild Crow to act like this as i have put the time in with her since she was kicked out her nest and grounded. My shoulder gets all muddy from her feet so i don't let her sit there for long or make a habit of it as she will do her toilet on me at some point, peck my ear and will just flying up on my shoulder from behind, and it really makes me jump if I don't see her coming. They are without a doubt the most amazing birds & friends, extremely clever and very autistic in nature, they do have mood swings but 85% of the time adorable and gentle. My little friend tries to speak, I've been repeating Hello Hello for about 2 years and she makes a strange noise back its very funny, but she is trying. I would say about 1in5 Crows may be a bit more brave/curious than the others. They remember people faces and posture, kindness also (Monkey nuts Crows love). Crows that nest in woods or Forrest are much harder to get near. If you went to a park or similar the crows are more used to humans and noise etc and a local park would have resident Crows, so the chances of reseing the same Crow again would greatly increase, unless you was walking with a dog. Make sure you get the Crows attention and throw one monkey nut on the ground below them and walk away. Crows are shy and very cautious birds until they feel safe. Keep looking back to wear the nut was thrown, after about 15-20 metres the Crow if a curious one should fly down just to be nosey as there survival skills are unrivalled. Repeat this method on a Crow that has taken the nut and before you know it that crow after time will remember you and fly down right next to you after a few months. Their family will also begin to turn up, Mum, Dad, Brother Sister, cousins etc as they will want in on the free nuts too. then they except you and will call you to get your attention for a monkey nut, try to be repetitive where you put the nuts and the call you use for the crows attention is important. I use a generic cat call like a ticking sound, you could whistle or use a little bell, just something different for a sound for the crow to associate the sound with you and a free tasty snack. My crows know my car and fly along side it when i turn into the road they are on. They can recognise me from just my walk and posture from over 150 metres away, I've tried disguise before, hat different coat etc they are far to clever lol. They are extremely entertaining birds and very misunderstood.

@@richardthered I smiled reading that! Omg I'm gonna give it a try. I had to google what a monkey nut is and I'm like... do I have those? lol I do (it's peanuts for anyone reading this). I have a bunch that fly around in my neighbourhood so EEEK! I'm so excited!!! lol Thank you for the directions and tips and tricks

Ooh yeah could be stunned. I hope not!

​@@oldrooster25They generally swallow their prey whole ~ no blood.

Even when they do rip up their prey, they don't get anywhere near that bloody. Add to that how hunched, fluffy, and just generally awful looking that owl is, and you've got a bird on death's door. 😢

I hope those crow's leave the owl alone 😢

It rips apart mice for a living I’m pretty sure that’s where the blood comes from

I was thinking the same thing.

Looks old. The crows are actually protecting it.

@@transientdreams protecting! predicting carrion! Crows want a meal -- whether thats the eyes of lambs, wrens and finches chicks, dead owls - anything

@@johnlennox-pe2nq Maybe back up a bit and study the subject first instead of using your imagination to make a comment that makes you look like a complete fool.

@@johnlennox-pe2nq100% correct, crows are looking for an easy meal

I like Tits ( Blue Tits, I mean). 😊

Agreed! A lot of the comments thought the owl was sick and/or hurt, but I actually think it was just relaxed and chillin' amongst the crows. And I think the crows were "testing" the owl to see if it could be scared (that might have triggered the crows to attack the owl), but I think the crows realized the owl was just comfortable being amongst them, and that's why they didn't peck at it in the least, because they were accepting of its presence.

@@mikes3827 im glad they didnt :) those black beakers can be real assholes and I felt for that owl

Hahahaha!😂

Read the other comments please 😢

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They are in fact

‘Thanks for clicking on this video. You’ve been baited!’

Crows don’t care about owls…

It looks like his authority meant jack squat. He was escorted out of the crows’ airspace and made to land on a log. Crows run the world.

@@LoXHumaN Yes they do, Crows will chase them out of there territory. They just annoy owls until they leave, preventing them from hunting.

The owl was sick 😂

Owlthority

No they are destructive and ruin crops and fruit trees and kill native birds. I hate them.

Underrated comment! 👍

Super Aerodynamic.

Also, their entire face is shaped in such a way that allows them to use even the slightest noise to pinpoint prey. It's how they're able to catch something as small and nimble as a mouse in pitch black night.

Fun fact. You can tell when in the day an owl hunts by the colour of their eyes. Black/brown eyed owls hunt at night. Orange eyed hunt at dawn and dusk and yellow hunt during the day.

There’s a cool video here on KZfaq demonstrating how owls make zero sound when flying or attacking prey.

Also the eyeballs are locked. Humans can look quickley left and right for depth perception, Birds of Prey need to move heads to do the same trick.

No, they are natural enemies. The owl doesn't seem to be well and the crows have already seen a possible prey

@@j.d4559 Wow. That was clueless. You are in total fantasy land. Crows and owls don't behave that way as a rule. They are very minor instigators of havoc to one another. Maybe you could use the "internet" to actually learn something about their relationship instead of depending on your fantasy world of pretend bullshit.

You pretty much nailed it. The crows are obviously protecting the owl, and I believe the owl sought them out for this purpose.

I thought it was weird that a normally nocturnal predator was just sitting in broad daylight near the ground

I don't know, the crows just looks curious about the owl.

Um, not at all. Quite the contrary. The owl sought out the crow's morning meeting spot for a reason. It is using the crows for protection against other predators. It doesn't look well. Either very old, or sick. But I understand how you could easily think that.

This is very true. There is one exception. It could be a youngster (since i can see some feather development). Youngsters will explore around and out of the nest before they can fly (fledgling). Parents continue to keep an eye out on the bird to feed them from time to time as they learn.

Yes. It looks sick.

Is there anyway he could have helped the bird.

"Нас не будет дома " вороны 😊

😂

Hi Deborah, I like you, too funny, never would have know to say a parliament of owls! given these lot are def not wise!!!

He had a spot of blood on his face like he ran into something like maybe a window or car. Birds do get poisoned as described but don't think that is the case here.

That’s what I was thinking.😞

@@plap.blood from prey

@@yoeyyoey8937not one little drop by his nose. Blood from eating prey is everywhere face, chest and more smeared not just a droplets like that. Even if he just cleaned up from a feast that is one weird spot to miss. If it was poisoning he wouldn't have felt well enough to just clean himself up. Flying into a window face first would have knocked him silly, just trying to shake it off. Besides my guess he lives poison he dies, which do you prefer.

@@plap. idk I think it could very well look like that. I’ll concede that being poisoned would explain the behavior. This is an unfortunate and unconsidered effect regarding pest control-the environmental toxicity.

well said

No. Crows and owls are natural enemies. These crows are just there to bother the owl and they probably noticed that the owl doesn't look well

They aren't really competitor anyway. They don't compete for food, don't nest in the same areas. No reason to fight each other at all.