If she were back home in Ireland, Aiofe Bagnall says she would never have to worry about walking down the street — minding her own business — and being swooped from behind in an unprovoked attack by a ticked-off crow.
But she’s in Vancouver now.
“It was so intense. I was terrified,” Bagnall said, describing a seemingly random crow attack from a week earlier.
“They just dived down, like, got the back of my neck and then it’s wings are, like, flapping in my hair.”
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A crow caws near its nest during fledgling season. The birds can become quite territorial. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
In Metro Vancouver and beyond,