[texbirds] Black Skimmer behavior - killing chicks - VERY GRAPHIC
- From: MBB22222@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:00:26 -0400 (EDT)
be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and
multiply therein
Well one of the problems with Black Skimmer’s population growth is their
behavior of killing chicks when nesting conditions are far from being good
(several reasons). This is very graphic video (including still images from
different colonies that I never uploaded for public view before) so these
with weak stomach might better do not click on this link. But these who are
naturally curious might want to watch it and learn interesting details about
BLSK behavior that is not often shown in video, or stills. As you will
see one chick (first one in video) survived severe attacks (they can take a
lot of abuse) but another one wasn’t that lucky … nor were those in still
photos.
_http://youtu.be/YN9iKC2jfwc_ (http://youtu.be/YN9iKC2jfwc)
Mark B Bartosik
Houston, Texas
_http://www.pbase.com/mbb/from_the_field_
(http://www.pbase.com/mbb/from_the_field)
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