Fish Crows (Corvus ossifragus) Prey on Eggs of Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) and Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Journal
Maryland Birdlife
Volume
64
Issue
1
Year
2015
Pages
51-57
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ABSTRACT: Game camera photographs captured individual Fish Crows (Corvus ossifragus) preying on eggs at active nests of Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) and Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) found in smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) tidal marsh in the Poplar Island archipelago in central Chesapeake Bay. This is the first photographic documentation of Fish Crow predation on eggs of these species.
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