kleptoparasitizing – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Clark’s Grebe and Ring-billed Gull Skirmish – The Clark’s Grebe Wins

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-23T06:29:19-05:00October 23rd, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark's Grebes, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ring-billed Gulls, Utah|Tags: Aechmophorus clarkii, birds, Clark's Grebe, grebe, grebes, gull, gulls, kleptoparasitizing, Larus delawarensis, Ring-billed Gull, skirmish|

I spent a few hours at Farmington Bay WMA yesterday and was able to witness a very brief skirmish between a Clark's Grebe that had a fish in its bill and a Ring-billed Gull that tried to steal the fish.