[wisb] Re: Red-wings vs. Sandhill Cranes

  • From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:24:27 -0500

Mark Martin told me that Sandhill Cranes will readily consume Red-wing 
nestlings (protein and calcium, after all.)  When the Red-wings begin to attack 
them, they know there's a nest nearby and will begin actively searching for it. 
 It's a bird-eat-bird world out there... 
 
Peter Fissel 
(also still looking for Sedge Wrens)
Madison WI 
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