[TN-Bird] Re: GC Kinglets displaying - Knox
- From: Ben Britton <benbrdn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kde@xxxxxxx>, Bird List Freelists <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:30:19 +0000
Dean,
That is some interesting interaction (and reaction?) ....I have not
encountered such activity, but would think it would be amusing to witness.
Thanks for sharing.
Ben Britton
Hamblen County
Morristown, TN
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:31:19 -0400
> From: kde@xxxxxxx
> To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TN-Bird] GC Kinglets displaying - Knox
>
>
> On a similar note, the Golden-crowned Kinglets arrived in the
> yard (west Knox Co) in force today (20 Oct). I had heard one
> on Sunday but could never get a look at it.
>
> At one point this morning, two of the kinglets were facing off
> on a Blackgum branch with crowns fully raised, bobbing and hopping
> and, perhaps coincidentally, pooping several times. Presumedly
> males though neither showed obvious orange in the crown, just
> yellow. They faced off like this for several minutes occassionally
> changing to a different branch but always facing each other and
> continuously bobbbing and hopping and pooping (seriously, they
> pooped several time during all this).
>
> Even stranger, twice a titmouse came over and got between them
> looking like a referee in a boxing match. The titmouse would
> chatter and flutter its wings a bit, look around then 'step back
> out of the ring'. Perhaps it thought they were mobbing something
> and came to investigate but in my mind it was coming over to say,
> 'Alright guys, break it up. Now touch wings and let's have a
> good clean fight.'
>
>
> Also of note, 3rd day for the seed-eating Ovenbird.
>
>
> Dean Edwards
> Knoxville, TN
>
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