[obol] "parasitism?"

[Mike Patterson]

kleptoparasitism is the official technical term and a whole
lot more fun to say....

> Ted Chu wrote:
> 
> Yesterday while driving the lower Miami-Foley road I watched an adult plumage red-tailed
> hawk stoop on a great blue heron in a field, forcing the latter to give up a mouse which
> the hawk quickly appropriated. Based on my observations, the mousing talents of great blue
> herons are equal to if not superior to that of most raptors, so I wonder if this is a
> common occurrence. I believe the red-tail to have been a resident bird on territory.
> 
> Ted Chu
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> Garibaldi, OR  97118-0026
> theohwy101 at msn.com
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Mike Patterson               
Astoria, OR                    
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I'm not jealous or 
Why I've never Seen Black-throated Blue Warbler in Oregon
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