FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Mourning dove's ehavior; song & field sparrows

[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Happy Cold Morning,
 
Hungry birds here in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville included  
an interesting mourning dove.  For awhile, it rested in a warm(?) clump of  
fallen leaves on the deck outside the French doors and only about 5 feet from 
my  
seat inside the house.  It puffed its feathers up to create a warm air  
pocket.  Every few seconds, it made a little jerk-like movement like people  
make 
when we hiccup, burp or have a little muscle tic.  After several  minutes, it 
"recovered" and went about hurriedly "scarfing down" more bird  seed.  Does 
anyone KNOW for sure if birds really do have these same kinds  of digestive or 
nervous problems that we humans often have?  I would think  they do, but I just 
never noticed it before!
 
Right now, my little song sparrow and a small flock of field sparrows are  
out there eating, and, so far, it is "bird of the day."   It's also  very 
"scrappy" this morning, and it just keeps attacking and chasing the field  
sparrows 
away from the feed!
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
 
 


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