[obol] "parasitism?"

[Darrel Faxon]

............And a whole lot more common than many people think.

Darrel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com>
To: "Ted Chu" <theohwy101 at msn.com>
Cc: "Chuck Trost" <trostchuck at cableone.net>; <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [obol] "parasitism?"


> 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
>> POB 26
>> Garibaldi, OR  97118-0026
>> theohwy101 at msn.com
>> ph - Verizon 971-227-3422
>>
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