[birdky] Re: odd feeder problem
- From: "" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "tingsgrove@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
- To: estiles74@xxxxxxxxx, birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 13:10:21 -0500
Mockingbirds sadly are notorious for this and will protect feeders as well
as bushes that still have natural growing seeds, or fruit. It is quite a
sad thing as they will actually attack other birds, including some hawks as
well as dogs to defend what they claim as their own. I have no thoughts
as to how to make it move down the lane, other than make your presence known
enough in warmer days, that it may give up.
(Mary Howell Cromer
Oldham County
LaGrange, KY)
In a message dated 2/8/2015 12:21:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
estiles74@xxxxxxxxx writes:
In the last couple of days, an aggressively territorial Northern
Mockingbird has set up shop in my yard and spends most of its day chasing
other
birds from my feeders. It will sit on one feeder until it sees birds on the
other, then will chase those away, and so forth. It seems particularly
aggrieved by Mourning Doves on the ground below the feeders.
On the up side, my seed consumption has slowed and the House Sparrows are
far less frequent. On the down side, so is everything else...
In need of a timely intervention by one of our local Coopers Hawks.
Andrew Melnykovych
Louisville
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