by jadel <delcolja@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Oct 6, 2008 at 02:19 AM
On Oct 6, 5:07=A0am, Pete L <peterlaving...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> This morning I watched a stork flying past my window. It was
> surrounded by squawking parrakeets. The stork flew on and was then
> swarmed with crows and seagulls. They were obviously trying to chase
> the stork away.
>
> Anybody an idea of what was was going on? Why should smaller birds see
> off a stork and are storks any great threat to other birds? I live in
> Cliftonville, just next to Margate, Kent, UK. We have quite a large
> colony of parrakeets here who have lived in the local park for about
> 30 years now.
Storks are predators that will rob the nests of other birds., killing
and eating the nestlings. The parakeets were mobbing it to drive it
away.
J. Del Col
