Adult Gray Jay captures an adult Black-capped Chickadee

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-359

  Tozer, Douglas C ^a,c   Allen, Martha L ^b  

^a George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PASSERINE; PREY CAPTURE; WINTER;

ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PERISOREUS CANADENSIS; POECILE ATRICAPILLA; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 13944262236     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-030     Document Type: Article

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