Gallinule and coot parents are well known to engage in aggressive behaviors toward their chicks, which, in some rare cases, ends in infanticide.
For more info: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00302949 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347284803401 -Scott On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 7:32 AM, <k...@empacc.net> wrote: > At the Van Dyne Spoor wetlands yesterday we observed what seemed vey > unusual gallinule behavior. An adult was swimming along up a small channel > in the surface weeds while three young were sort of lazing around nearby. A > second gallinule was a distance off. > > Suddenly, the adult accelerated and altered course toward one of the > youngsters. When they were close, the adult came up out of the water and > crash dived on top of the kid! The adult quickly surfaced and, despite > watching for some time, we never saw the young reappear. The other two kids > and the other adult ignored the whole affair. > > I hope the youngster just retreated underwater to heavy cover. > > John > -- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Rd > Burdett, NY 14818 > 42.443508000, -76.758202000 > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
