[TN-Bird] Rufous Hummingbird Day 104

From: eyesew@xxxxxxxxx (Virginia Curtis)
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 06:49:21 -0600
I suppose one of the reasons we sometimes  think and write about Willie
as if he was human is that he does so many things which seem like human
reactions.  This morning he let out him frustrations toward a male Song
Sparrow.  Yesterday he fought the wind most of the day with a little
respite in the late afternoon when he fed until 5:45 p.m.  Today he
reappeared at 5:45 and made 4 visits in the first 7 minutes in the cold,
still, morning air.  Then that Song Sparrow flew into the top of
Willie's bare bush to the left of the feeder, as he has done for several
mornings now, and began his beautiful "is there a female Song Sparrow
who wants to meet me and have a family together" rendition.  Well, that
must have pushed Willie over the edge and he exploded out of his cedar
bush and went after that sparrow and chased him out of the bare  bush
and across the road into the neighbor's yard.  A few minutes later he
returned to the feeder to sit tranquilly as if to say, "now this is
going to be a good day".  Maybe we'll have to change our usual way of
describing Willie from "what a beautiful bird" to "what a bully bird".  

Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County

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