[wisb] Re: Angry Fedwing, er Redwing!
- From: Jennifer Ambrose <jenthreat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Judith Huf <judith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:14:19 -0500
Don't forget the tenacious swallows! I also saw a robin chase a squirrel
away from a nest area or fledgling this morning. That was amusing.
Jennifer A
Milwaukee
On Jun 1, 2014 9:20 AM, "Judith Huf" <judith@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have seen Redwings similarly attack a doe which was wading near their
> nest at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. I understand that deer also eat eggs
> or even babies out of the nests. Life is tough.
>
> Judith Huf
> Milwaukee county
>
>
> On Jun 1, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Chuck Heikkinen <quetzal65@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 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
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> >>> 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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