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

[Kathy Van Der Aue]

The greater black backs are deadly with the little eider ducklings in Maine. 
It's a horrible sight to see the little greenish puffballs plucked out from 
under the watchful eyes of the mothers and aunties...

Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT
kvda at optonline.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <p.s.holden at comcast.net>
To: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Great Black-backed Gull & Red-breasted 
MerganserConfrontation - also Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


> 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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