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