Bwaa-haa-haa! Happy Halloween!DownloadVampire Ground-Finches menace their victims in broad daylight, stabbing holes in their flesh, then devouring the blood. During the dry season, when their usual diet of seeds can be scarce, they turn to large seabirds, like boobies. Fluttering onto a booby’s back, the finch jabs its sharp beak in among the feathers until blood flows, making a meal of it. Why boobies tolerate this remains a mystery. Transcript: BirdNote® Out For Blood: Vampire Finches of the Galapagos Written by Bob Sundstrom [Thunderclap]This is BirdNote.[Featured audio: creepy music - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjzctj ]In the far-off Galápagos Islands, blood is dripping. There are vampires at work. But they don't wait for cover of darkness to take wing. [Sharp-beaked Ground Finch song, https://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/86756, 1.02-1.05] They menace their victims in broad daylight, stabbing holes in their flesh, then devouring the blood.[Sharp-beaked Ground Finch song, ht
