NOTES: PROXIMAL NESTING BY THE BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE AND TWO RAPTORS

Abstract

An accumulating body of literature demonstrates that it is rather common for nonraptors to nest very near raptors, and unusual, but not rare, for two species of raptors to nest within what may be considered the same territory. It is rare for natural antagonists and least common for pairs of the same species to nest in close proximity.