[wisb] Re: Angry Fedwing, er Redwing!
- From: Chuck Heikkinen <quetzal65@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: petermckeever@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 08:51:22 -0500
I forgot to mention this was on Dike Road at Horicon.
Chuck Heikkinen
Madison
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Chuck Heikkinen <quetzal65@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Peter McKeever
>> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:26 AM
>> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [wisb] Angry Fedwing
>>
>> 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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