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One Prairie Willet’s Defense Of Its Young

By Mia McPherson|July 16th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Davis County, Prairie Willets, Utah|Tags: adult, aerial defense, alarmed, Bird behavior, Black-billed Magpie, calling, chicks, defense, defensive, flight, flying, grasses, Great Salt Lake, juveniles, magpie, magpies, perched, Pica hudsonia, prairie grasses, Prairie Willet, predators, response, sandpipers, shorebirds, threat, Tringa inornata, wildlife, willet, willets, young|

Yesterday I observed an adult Prairie Willet defending its young from a group of Black-billed Magpies that were near the willet's chicks.

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