Wild Birds of Europe

pcs said:
They attack just about anything coming close or in the same pond/water. I just visited a location(saw the first 3 Barn swallows!) where they often kill some of the Little Grebe offspring and/or chase the parents away.
Attack is the best defence? What Jack Dawe said, chasing away potential comp. for food/nesting etc.
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They kill grebe offspring?! :yikes:

I didn’t know that.
 
Well, it is also the time of the year offcourse. Was out on a walk today and saw this swan chasing a Canadian goose around the pond.
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Jan1977 said:
Well, it is also the time of the year offcourse. Was out on a walk today and saw this swan chasing a Canadian goose around the pond.
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Maybe the goose came too close to the swan's nest.
By the way, mute swans are the only birds coots are afraid of. And swans will most always snap at them if they come too close. And then the coots hurry out of the way.
 
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