has anyone seen this before?

[zippybungle]

I was on the way home today and i saw a small mouse fully alive near some bushes , i stopped and watched from 10 feet away, in a flash a big CROW swooped down and picked it up with its beak and took it to the other side of the road.Tthe mouse was squeaking for a min or two then the crow finished it off!. I thought they only eat dead mammels, does anyone no if this was normal? ( poor mousey!)

[dmsjps]

Crows will eat anything. It's not uncommon for them to peck the eyes out of newborn lambs. Sorry, but they're vicious birds.

[butter1]

Poor mouse!!! This story has nearly made me cry! poor iccle thing!

[Sligachan14]

This is a seagull one.

Baby pigeon had fallen out of the nest and I was going to put it somewhere safe. Just as I reached it, a seagull grabbed it and took off with two little legs sticking out of it's beak.

The secretaries in my place still haven't recovered.

[bluedog]

I once saw a Magpie kill a fully grown rat and then carry it off. Not a pretty sight.

[burnhal]

Loads of birds will kill mammals or birds/fledgelings. If a woodpecker can break into a t*t  nest it will polish off the lot for instance. Its not all a pink and fluffy world out there- was up on the Dee Estuary for a huge high tide in Feb- all the voles/mice etc were flushed out of the marsh and had to swim for their lives- most got polished off by crows/gulls/magpies and a large variety of raptors. Watch Springwatch- particularly the bit on the Farne Islands- see how many chicks of various species become food for others.