Two Great Black-backed Gulls, Larus marinus, Kill Male Longtailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis

Authors

  • Martha Dowsley Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6
  • Andrew Cirtwill 515 Roosevelt Drive, Kingston, Ontario K7M 5Y2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i4.64

Keywords:

Great Black-backed Gull, Larus marinus, Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis, predation

Abstract

At Presqu’ile Point, Presqu’ile Provincial Park, Ontario on 23 March 2003, while interpreting the waterfowl migration for park visitors, we witnessed two adult Great Black-backed Gulls attack and kill a male Long-tailed Duck.

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