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Why do hawks get pestered by small birds?

Asked by AstroChuck (37609points) May 27th, 2008 from iPhone

It seems whenever I see a hawk overhead there are two or more small birds “attacking” it. Is this a territorial thing? Why do the hawks put up with it? It seems that the smaller birds succeed in forcing the hawk to flee when I would think they’d be outmatched.

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