Mobbed again
It’s not an easy life being a Common Kestrel. There are always Hooded Crows around making your life unpleasant. This one is having a moment of peace in a Rome park.
![Common Kestrel - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Common-Kestrel-The-Hall-of-Einar--725x483.jpg)
That is, until a Hooded Crow arrives to make its life a misery.
![Common Kestrel with Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Common-Kestrel-with-Hooded-Crow-The-Hall-of-Einar--725x483.jpg)
The Kestrel makes a piercing ‘kee-kee-kee’ sound which is raucous and shrill at the same time.
![Common Kestrel with Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Common-Kestrel-with-Hooded-Crow-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-725x408.jpg)
I get tired watching the harassment.
![Common Kestrel with Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Common-Kestrel-with-Hooded-Crow-The-Hall-of-Einar-3-725x408.jpg)
Just imagine what it must feel like day after day.