Several "adult" common terns attempting to feed juvenile
K. V. Cooper (Brit. Birds 76: 348) described from one to four "adult" Common Terns Sterna hirundo presenting fish to a begging juvenile, and Dr E. K. Dunn commented that he had frequently seen this behaviour by Sandwich Terns S. sandvicensis . Since 1967, under the direction of Helen Hays...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | British birds 1985-01, Vol.78 (3), p.147-148 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | K. V. Cooper (Brit. Birds 76: 348) described from one to four "adult" Common Terns Sterna hirundo presenting fish to a begging juvenile, and Dr E. K. Dunn commented that he had frequently seen this behaviour by Sandwich Terns S. sandvicensis . Since 1967, under the direction of Helen Hays of the American Museum of Natural History, the author has participated in studies of tern biology on Great Gull Island, in Long Island Sound, New York, and have many times seen the behaviour described by Mr. Cooper. |
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| ISSN: | 0007-0335 |