Re: cooperative hunting on the wing

[Jonathan D Marcot <jmarcot@gas.uug.arizona.edu>]

I think we may be getting a little off the point. These are all great 
examples (and there are many others), but these are all examples of 
cooperative pestering and not hunting. It appears that for birds, when a 
threat is present, there is safety in numbers. But we haven't said 
anything about cooperative hunting. So far I can only remember the 
Harris' Hawk as the only example of that. If the point was to show 
evidence of cooperation, you need to look no further than a school of fish.
        I was wondering if anyone knows of the predatory habits of large 
flightless birds.

jonathan marcot