Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawerensis, Food Piracy on Diving Ducks

Authors

  • William J. Walley 222 Bossons Avenue, Dauphin, Manitoba R7N OR2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v120i1.255

Keywords:

Ring-billed Gull, Larus delawerensis, Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula, kleptoparasitism, Manitoba

Abstract

One of four Ring-billed Gulls observed 26 April 2002 at Dauphin Lake, Manitoba attacked a group of diving ducks and took abandoned food items.

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Vol. 120 No. 1 (2006)

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