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mob

Australian vernacular for a group of sheep which stay together for an extended period. Also a name for a group of kangaroos.
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Risky behavior was confirmed in experiments, where crows mobbed Osprey mounts less frequently than Red-tailed Hawk mounts (55% versus 88% of 33 trials; see below for significance).
In experiments when we placed the mount of an Osprey where crows regularly encounter Ospreys, they rarely mobbed them (37% of 19 trials) but where Ospreys were rare, they were mobbed more frequently (79% of 14 trials).
Population variation in mobbing Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) by American Crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
JSM later found several other perched nighthawks in the park that were not mobbed while he was present.
Mobbing of Common Nighthawks as cases of mistaken identity

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