Sounds like courtship to me. Or maybe it’s “maintaining a pair bond”. Or you could call it very practical help. A male demonstrates that he is a worthy provider by giving the female food, which is a big part of his job if she chooses him as a partner. For their best reproductive success, he brings food for the young, he brings food for her when she is brooding, he brings food when she is incubating, and maybe even when she is producing eggs.
- - Dave Nutter > On Mar 22, 2022, at 3:35 PM, Christopher Sperry <cspe...@ithaca.edu> wrote: > > Anyone have thoughts about want I just witnessed in my back yard in Ithaca: 2 > Red-tailed hawks vocalizing loudly from different trees – one with a mouse or > chipmunk, flying to different perches until the one with the prey offered it > to the 2nd hawk (no opposition). Was this likely an example of dominance, or > pairing behavior, or something else? > > Chris Sperry > > > > From: bounce-126420389-89368...@list.cornell.edu > <bounce-126420389-89368...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Peter Saracino > <petersarac...@gmail.com> > Date: Monday, March 21, 2022 at 6:11 PM > To: eatonbirdingsoci...@groups.io <eatonbirdingsoci...@groups.io>, Cayuga > birds <Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Lesser yellowlegs > > This message originated from outside the Ithaca College email system. > > 2 lesser yellowlegs at corners of Rt. 89 and 31....mucklands > Pete Sar > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
