[wisb] Re: Red-wings vs. Sandhill Cranes
- From: Jim Edlhuber <jimedlhuber@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:24:32 -0500
Greetings,
After I seen this post, I remembered I got some images out at Ottawa
Campground on May 20th of this year. A Red-winged Blackbird was harassing a
Sandhill Crane, and actually landed on its back for awhile. I thought at the
time the Red-winged Blackbird was eating bugs on the Sandhills back. I have
posted the images just for anyone who cares to see them.
Link to images:
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https://picasaweb.google.com/109038919513758014473/SandhillWithRedWingedBlackbirdOttawaCampgroundWaukCoMay202011
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Good birding!
Jim Edlhuber
Town of Genesee, Waukesha Co
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 8:41 PM, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've also seen Great Blue Herons occasionally exhibit this same sort of
> behavior.
>
> Strolling near cattails the herons don't retreat when the Red-wings get
> ferocious. It's almost like like they are gauging the intensity of the
> attacks as an indicator of how close they are to the nest...sort of like a
> game of "cold, warm, warmer, hot"!
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee
>
> --- On Fri, 6/10/11, Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [wisb] Re: Red-wings vs. Sandhill Cranes
> > To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Friday, June 10, 2011, 9:24 PM
> > 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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