> Alvaro Jaramillo writes:
> asking a simple question about duck behaviour. Well, maybe now that you
> know the real story you will boycott the local duck pond and turn your
> attention to some decent birds like gulls, or dare I say it
> blackbirds! ;-)

Since when are blackbirds 'nice'? Male Red-wingeds seem to 'rape'
females as well. I saw 2 males chase a female around a marsh until she
was too tired to get away, they all disappeared into a bush for awhile.
I don't know if she ended up copulating with both males or not. But it
seems an amorous-feeling Red-wing will sometimes not take 'no' for an answer.


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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html