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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37143| Title: | Observations of aggressive behaviour in seabirds |
| Authors: | Coleiro, Charles |
| Keywords: | Sea birds -- Behavior -- Malta Birds -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1995 |
| Publisher: | Birdlife Malta |
| Citation: | Coleiro, C. (1995). Observations of aggressive behaviour in seabirds. Il-Merill, 28, 30. |
| Abstract: | On 31 March 1994 a Purple Heron Ardea purpurea was being observed flying on migration in a northeasterly direction off Qammiefl. On approaching the South Comino channel an adult Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans started chasing and mobbing it. After a while, two other Yellow-legged Gulls joined in. Suddenly, the heron, with an outstretched neck, chased the gulls away and kept on its course. However the Yellow-legged Gulls returned and mobbed the heron again, giving up only after the Purple Heron had passed over Cirkewwa. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37143 |
| Appears in Collections: | Il-Merill : issue 28 : 1992-1994 Il-Merill : issue 28 : 1992-1994 |
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