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Mistaken predator identification by birds



I have seen an Osprey getting harrassed by occupants of a tern colony;
apparently he looked too similar to the local Harrier or other actually
threatening raptors.  At the time he was not even much of a threat to fish,
focusing his attention on nest-building instead.

David Campbell
UNC-CH (but the Osprey was in Hampton, VA)