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someone mentioned birds having a keen sense of smell...NOT TRUE at all, actually birds have a very poorly developed sense of smell. You may be seeing birds fighting to be territorial (usually in the spring). Other times there may be family groups fighting with other family groups for food, and shelter (during the winter).Some birds do keep year round "territories" such as hummingbirds (Anna's Hummingbird here in California), and some nasty fights will break out between 3 or 4 birds at one time if they stray into another birds territory, especially when bird feeders are involved.

2007-01-16 18:00:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Birds have a keen sense of smell, so they can tell if one of their own is sick or weak, if it has been handled by humans and so on. If the bird has been injured, the other birds will put it out of its misery and kill it. If it is new to the flock, then it is pecking order; the newest bird gets the crap kicked out of it until another new bird comes along.

2007-01-16 01:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by sharptooth3 2 · 0 2

birds are gregarious in behavior means they live in groups and they didn't like intrusion in their colonies they can smell strangers and try to kick them away.
secondly they attack the weak birds(injured and sick) among them and eat them. its not only in birds to attack their own species in fact if you closely observe nature than you will find out that rats,wolves and others also eat weakest amongst them in starvation.

2007-01-16 04:07:05 · answer #3 · answered by Zahra 1 · 0 2

the same reasons humans attack their own species

2007-01-16 01:53:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

~Because there are "gangs" within the bird colony too?~

2007-01-16 01:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

the bird was either a sluut/home wrecker, or was a thief and stole their worms

2007-01-16 01:55:57 · answer #6 · answered by ArizonaGreenTea 3 · 2 1

may be coz theyre jealous of each other or they fell there is someone identical to them

2007-01-16 07:33:18 · answer #7 · answered by tweet 1 · 0 1

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