Posible but unlikely. I can't imagine people carrying raw fish or left overs of fish into the mountain plateu to feed them. I haven't observed people with dead gulls sticking up from their chest pocket either ;-) This said, It is posible for them to change their diet. But we talked to several other birders, and none have mentioned something about feeding the skua.
2008/7/8 Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Looking for food ? That is are the visitors feeding them ? > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "AlunFoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: OT - Question to birding people > > >> Gang, >> >> Tim and I are puzzled by a behavioural trait in the Great Skua at >> Runde, which we can't find any good explanation for on the web. >> >> The skua is a rather aggressive bird, known to dive-bomb people coming >> too close to the nest. However, at Runde the birds would also >> frequently sit down on the path, and keep sitting until people come >> quite close; up to a couple of meters. >> >> The most likely candidate explanations, imo, are: >> 1. This is a beginning predator diversion behaviour, that the bird >> will fly up, move away from the nest and sit down again to lure people >> away from the nest. >> 2. This is simple territory marking; "here i reign, don't step closer". >> 3. Predator inspection behaviour. >> 4. habituation to human presence. >> >> Would appreciate all kinds of ideas and pointers, since the >> implications for disturbing the nests are quite different, depending >> on the reason for the behaviour. >> >> Jostein >> >> -- >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- MaritimTim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
