Subject: Re: Aggressive Swallow behavior?
Date: Aug 24 14:24:10 1995
From: Maureen Ellis - me2 at u.washington.edu


During the SAS Canada trip this past Sunday, at Boundary Bay we watched
a few swallows "harass" a peregrin falcon!!!

Maureen E. Ellis
me2 at u.washington.edu
University of Washington
Box 354695
Seattle, WA 98195

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On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, James West wrote:

>
> On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Laura Saavedra wrote:
>
> >I've never seen Barn Swallows be aggressive to a non-raptor. Any ideas?
>
> Nor me, until last Saturday, when I watched two Barn Swallows harrass a
> Belted Kingfisher over the river in Marymoor Park. The poor kingfisher
> was just moving upstream to a fresh perch - must have disturbed the swarm
> of midges the swallows were feeding on?
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