[wisb] Re: Angry Fedwing, er Redwing!
- From: DWIGHT ALTON <orion0323@xxxxxxx>
- To: "jenthreat@xxxxxxxxx" <jenthreat@xxxxxxxxx>, Judith Huf <judith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 12:52:49 -0500
Any Trout fisherman can tell you about being dive bombed by red wings on the
stream!
Dwight Alton. Rockton, Winnebago Co. Il
> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:14:19 -0500
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Angry Fedwing, er Redwing!
> From: jenthreat@xxxxxxxxx
> To: judith@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> 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-----
> > >>> From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> > wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > >>> 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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