Why do small birds follow a hawk or any type of big bird???

Answer 1

Swarms of litte birds will go after prey birds to protect their nests or colonies. Very amazing to watch! (they'll also go after you if you threaten babies. They dove down and pecked my head before! ouch!)

Answer 2

Most prey birds rely on surprise and overpowerment to catch their prey. If the predator is spotted, several birds may mob it as a means of telling it, "We know you're here, and we are watching your every move- no surprise anymore!"
Other animal species have been known to exhibit similar behaviors, such as monkeys when hunted by tigers or leopards in India, and even seals after an orca. The idea is to break down the predator's confidence in making a kill. Once the predator loses that, it's all over with and he won't waste his energy on a missed opportunity.

Answer 3

we live way out in the country, and raise guineas and peafowl(thats peacocks and peahens) and we have learned that when we hear the crows, to go check the skies because they are yelling about a hawk almost every single time. As stated here, the big birds are predators, and the smaller birds will indeed gather in bunches and mob them and chase them hollering to get them to go look elsewhere for its meal. I sadly watched though, as a crow cleaned out a whole nest of mourning dove babies one by one...see, that time, they were the big, predator bird and they too like to eat meat. I do encourage the crows to hang around here though, throwing them a bit of dog chow and corn, because their call, protects my guinea fowl and my peafowl, which the bigger hawks would swoop down and kill, along with my cats.

Answer 4

They are trying to scare the hawk out of their territory. Quite often you will find that small birds are faster and more agile than large hawks and can get out of it's way quickly if necessary and the hawk won't catch them, and they know this. Quite often when we fly our golden eagle he gets bombarded with crows and magpies.

Answer 5

it could be that the big bird is flying where there is a nest of the small birds.

Answer 6

Haha! i think of bill is stable. Cockroaches (a million checklist) Cockroaches are rapid-working bugs many times with wings. some properly comprehend species have effectively developed to apply human dwellings and nutrition components. Sounds approximately ideal to me! LOL

Answer 7

to pick up the scraps of food the bigger birds of prey leaves behind.the arctic fox does the same thing by following the polar bear.

Answer 8

They are keeping an eye on a potential predator so they know where it is and avoid becoming its next meal

Answer 9

they are not following, they are chasing it away from their territory
and their nests

Answer 10

they are trying to keep it away from their nests and babies