FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] close encounter of the bird kind

["Susan Neace" <s.neace@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Last week I had an odd encounter with a bird and would appreciate any insight 
into the bird's possible motivation.   I live near downtown in Central City but 
my home is bordered on one side by an overgrown lot and across the road is a 
wooded slope.   I had just pulled out of my drive when I saw a small bird on 
the road, which flew to a branch bordering the road as the car approached.  It 
was perched about 3 feet off the ground and roughly eye level to me as I was 
seated in the car.  My window was already open.   I stopped in the center of 
the lane to identify the bird.  It was a phoebe, not a usual bird for my yard 
list, although I hear them regularly near the downtown where there is a small 
stream.  It looked right back at me.  Then to my surprise, it flew at me, 
coming within a foot or so of my face before returning to its perch, then it 
looked back at me and did it again.  Was I being driven off?   Since another 
car was coming at that point I had to move on, but I have never read of this 
behavior in a phoebe before.
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