[CT Birds] Great Black-backed Gull & Red-breasted Merganser Confrontation - also Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

[p.s.holden at comcast.net]

Really?  I didn't know the Great Black-Backed Gull would prey on ducks.  I 
just learned something new!

Thanks,
Pam


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard L. Becker" <rlbecker at SongStar.org>
To: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 1:51 PM
Subject: [CT Birds] Great Black-backed Gull & Red-breasted Merganser 
Confrontation - also Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


> At Shippan Point in Stamford this morning, we watched a Great
> Black-backed Gull attacking a male Red-breasted Merganser. It was a
> little too far to see clearly, but at various times it looked as though
> the gull was holding by a wing, a leg, and possibly its neck. The
> merganser was struggling, flailing its wings and legs. After about
> fifteen minutes, the merganser ceased its struggle as the gull turned
> the merganser belly up.
>
> Also, saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Cummings Beach Park in Stamford
> this morning.
>
> Joan and Richard Becker
>
>                              Richard L. Becker
>                      Fairfield County, Connecticut
>          www.songstar.org      rlbecker at songstar.org
>
>
>
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