[wisb] Re: Angry Fedwing, er Redwing!
- From: Chuck Heikkinen <quetzal65@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: petermckeever@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 08:50:22 -0500
Delia and I have seen a Redwing attack a family of Sandhill Cranes.
Similar to what Peter has described, the Cranes just kept moving,
sometimes doing a two-step when they got hit in the rump.
Chuck Heikkinen
Madison
On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Peter McKeever
<petermckeever@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Previously unknown species, Fedwing!
>
> Peter McKeever
> Monona
>
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> Subject: [wisb] Angry Fedwing
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> Saw some bird behavior this morning that I'd not seen before, and which
> surprised me. Near Nine Springs E-Way, in the middle of a freshly planted
> corn field, I watched a male redwing blackbird, vigorously attack a solitary
> sandhill crane several times, flying at the crane and appearing to actually
> hit it in the tail feathers. Crane would turn its head to fend off the
> attack, but did not seem otherwise bothered. Seems unlikely to me that the
> blackbird was protecting a nest in this location.
>
>
> Peter McKeever
>
> Monona
>
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