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It was a beautiful sunny day today in Kentville and there were many people walking the Miners Marsh trail. On our walk around, the highlight was an excellent view of a male Baltimore Oriole in full breeding plumage. Earlier on a walk along the railbed, we encountered three Gray catbirds, flying and chasing each other. A surprising even occurred between a family of Mallards and a Pied-billed grebe. We had been watching the Grebe dive and swim. Suddenly, in the reeds, a female Mallard made a big ruckus and came swimming out chasing the Grebe. As the Grebe swam away, I noted something tan and fuzzy in its beak. The Mallard mother came out and swam away with six duckling trailing behind. I looked for the Grebe and it with another (perhaps young) Grebe and beside them, floating in the water, was a dead duckliing. The adult Grebe continued on swimming diving, and not interested in the duckling. I know Grebes eat insects, frogs and fish but this behaviour seems strange to me. Do they attack other birds? ////// === /////// Larry Bogan Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia <larry@bogan.ca>
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