[TN-Bird] Re: Birding at Edgar Evins State Park

Kevin,

Interesting behavior you observed. I saw something
similar on my wooded property in Macon County a few
years ago:  a fledgling Kentucky Warbler sidled up to
a Worm-eating Warbler I was watching on a low branch
and began making noisy, wing-beating "feed me"
gestures. For a second, I thought it might get fed,
but the Worm-eating looked at it, with seeming
disregard, and flew off, with the Kentucky in pursuit.

Has anyone else seen this and is there and documented
reasoning for such behavior?

John Froeschauer
Nashville, TN

--- ethden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Edgar Evins State Park
> DeKalb County, TN
> 15 June 2006
> Maggie Monteverde and I spend the morning at Edgar
> Evins State Park at Center Hill Lake this morning.
> We hiked a fair portion of the Millennium Trail.
> 
> We had well over 10 Cerulean Warblers. Two were
> singing at the Visitor Center Parking Lot, one along
> the road to the trailhead, two at the trail head and
> at least 7, possibly 8 along the trail as we hiked. 
> 
> Other birds in considerable numbers were Kentucky
> Warblers. We encountered 3 separate family grouping
> with recent fledglings and accompanying adult birds.
> 
> 
> We observed a odd bit of bird behavior.... On a
> branch about five feet off the ground was a lone
> immature Kentucky Warbler. We saw another bird fly
> to the young Kentucky. I assumed it was an adult
> about to feed it. But as I got my binoculars on it I
> realized it was an adult Worm-eating Warbler which
> grabbed the Kentucky's tail with its bill and yanked
> the bird. It badgered the young bird until the
> latter moved and then chased it away.
> 
> We also had numerous Wood Thrush all seemingly
> singing at once in the same general area.
> 
> Other notables seen were:
> 
> Great Blue Heron
> Hairy Woodpecker
> Yellow-throated Warbler
> Prothonotary Warbler
> Hooded Warbler
> American Redstart
> Northern Parula
> 
> 
> Kevin Bowden
> Nashville, TN
> 
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