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Mistaken predator identification by birds
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Mistaken predator identification by birds
- From: bivalve@email.unc.edu (David Campbell)
- Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:52:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
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)