Here's something you probably didn't want to know...
http://newatlas.com/praying-mantis-killing-birds-study/50346/?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
Chris Pelkie
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The eBird hotspot is at the location where we first heard them, out in the
field to the west of the road from that spot:
http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L6011483
As far as I am aware, Dave Nicosia's report from July 3rd is the most
recent. I tried late morning on the 1st and didn't hear them, but it
Near one of the inner grass trails at Salt Point, is a big mulberry tree where
I watched a Robin struggle to wolf down a large mulberry!
Tree is in bushes off grass trail east of Osprey nest tower.
Donna Scott
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On Jul 5, 2017, at 8:37 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk
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Howdy folks.
Can anyone share a precise location of the Kingdom Rd. (Seneca County)
Dickcissel?
Much obliged.
Pete Sar
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The third entry has your name on it!
Also melissa groo posted on facebook pool noodle support.
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> On Jul 6, 2017, at 12:02 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest
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> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, July 06, 2017.
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> 1. Eagles
> 2. slightly off-topic - 18th century map
Hi Anne and thanks for the info. Seems to be such an abundant food year
that such would not apply. Marie's comments may be closer to what we
observed.
Ever get back data on the dead crow we sent to necropsy? We saw but one
necropsy report and none of the labs.
John
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Hi all,
Yeah, I've often seen gallinules and coots beat up their young! At least in
American Coot, studies using banded birds by Bruce Lyon and Daizaburo Shizuka,
showed that parents are aggressive to the OLDEST chicks, not the youngest ones
of which each parent picks a "favorite", (see "parent
Hi John et al,
this is well-known gallinule “parental” behavior. As many will know, birds
often lay more eggs and hatch more young than they can rear. The theoretical
explanation is that in a good year, when the healthiest as well as most young
can be raised, parents benefit by being ready wit
Gallinule and coot parents are well known to engage in aggressive behaviors
toward their chicks, which, in some rare cases, ends in infanticide.
For more info:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00302949
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347284803401
-Scott
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At the Van Dyne Spoor wetlands yesterday we observed what seemed vey
unusual gallinule behavior. An adult was swimming along up a small
channel in the surface weeds while three young were sort of lazing
around nearby. A second gallinule was a distance off.
Suddenly, the adult accelerated and alte
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