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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.rec.birds
Subject: Re: Territorial redwinged blackbirds
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 16:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 16:42:00 1985
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Organization: USAMC ALMSA, St. Louis, MO
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I thought that redwinged blackbirds were notoriously territorial. Back
in '68 or so, when I worked at Rock Island Arsenal, which is on an
island in the Mississippi, there was a RWBB that had the end of the
island just outside of the main gate as his territory. Everytime someone
walked out there, they were divebombed. Happened to me every day during
nesting season. Since the vast majority of people there drove, they
never knew about it. It was one of the advantages of walking... (plus
some of the greatest lilac bushes I've ever seen anywhere lined that
road...)

Regards, Will