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Songbird species work together to mob predator owls, but only strike when the time is right - Science & research news | Frontiers,By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Scientists have now shown that songbirds don’t just flee from their predator, the northern pygmy owl: they sometimes actively seek them out to aggressively mob them. But the likelihood of mobbing wasn’t constant: it was highest during late summer and autumn when the owls mostly prey on young birds

Songbird species work together to mob predator owls, but only strike when the time is right – Science & research news | Frontiers

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Scientists have now shown that songbirds don’t just flee from their predator, the northern pygmy owl: they sometimes actively seek them out to aggressively mob them. But the likelihood of mobbing wasn’t constant: it was highest during late summer and autumn when the owls mostly prey on young birds