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Odd Parula behaviour
- To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Odd Parula behaviour
- From: jwbloor@duke.edu
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:10:04 +0500
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Dear All,
Yesterday (8/21) I watched a Northern Parula aggressively chase off
Northern Cardinals and American Robins that dared to fly into the area in
which the Parula was foraging. Strangely though it completely ignored a
juvenille Pine Warbler that was actively feeding in the same tree. While
I have seen some warbler species chase off other warblers, I have never
seen this behaviour directed towards these much larger species.
Jim Bloor, Ph.D
Department of Biology
Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology
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