Likely Predation of Adult Glossy Ibis by Great Black-backed Gulls

@inproceedings{Donehower2006LikelyPO,
  title={Likely Predation of Adult Glossy Ibis by Great Black-backed Gulls},
  author={Christina E. Donehower},
  year={2006}
}
Abstract Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus) are known to prey upon a wide range of bird species, particularly adults, young, and eggs of seabirds and waterfowl. Here, I provide the first account of Great Black-backed Gulls pursuing and attacking, in flight, a medium-sized wading bird, the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). I recorded two observations at Stratton Island, Maine, the northernmost breeding site for the Glossy Ibis in North America. 
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