submitted by Connie Craig, Van Nuys, CA
I’ve seen a few bird fights in my time: males fighting over females, a group of males encouraging male fighters, a mockingbird chasing a crow, crows chasing a hawk, etc. I had never seen a male and female fight before those two sparrows. As I stood on a sidewalk in Los Angeles @ 12 years ago, the two birds flew near, spinning in circles appearing to be locked at the feet. At first I was concerned for the female sparrow, that she might be hurt. However, after the male took off and came back and dive-bombed her with a body slam from above…She did the same to him. She gave as good as she got! The last I saw of the couple of birds, they were still fighting. Neither one gave an inch. I wasn’t worried about the female, any more.
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