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Subject: | Re[2]: interesting stuff I've seen |
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From: | (Chris Gladwin) |
Date: | Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:45:00 +0000 |
Regarding the Songlarks - birds will often attack road kills of their own species. I have seen it happen several times. I have actually seen an Indian Myna hit a car, followed immediately by several other mynas come from no where and dive bomb, peck and call frantically at the still (slightly) alive myna. It is also a well known phenomenon with domestic chickens - when an injured bird will be pecked to death by the rest of the flock. So I would say that your Songlark was a fresh road kill. But why they do it is beyond me! Chris Gladwin ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
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