[tn-bird] Re: backyard Red-tailed attack

ByrdBrainBBW@xxxxxxx wrote:
 > ...So the two mockingbirds decided to attack the Red-tailed.
 > Over and over they screamed at it and flew at it- hitting
 > it several times. The hawk kept flinching when they made
 > contact, but otherwise hung on to the side of the tree trunk.
 > Finally it flew off to another tree and both mockingbirds
 > followed screaming loudly. I guess the hawk had enough, as
 > my last view was of it flying into the sunset (literally)
 > with both mockingbirds still in hot pursuit...

http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=16&n=3946530&e=241747
We saw the same thing happen at the Fort Pillow State Park.
The Red Tailed Hawk was coarsing effortlessly about twelve
feet off the ground. Two Mockers were giving him the works.
Midair dive bombings and noisy straffing runs. The Hawk
landed on a tree branch, but the hectoring continued.
The Mockingbirds knew how deadly a Red Tailed Hawks talons
could be, so they stayed just out of reach.

list of birds seen at Fort Pillow ( 05-26-02 )
1 Northern Flicker
Boat Tailed Grackles
lots of Canada Geese
1 Carolina Wren
lots of Indigo Buntings
6 Great Egret
lots of Barn Swallows
1 Eastern Bluebird
Mourning Dove
Common Grackles
2 Great Blue Heron
Red Winged Blackbirds
Northern Cardinals
American Robins
Starlings
American Crow
1 Red Tailed Hawk
2 Eastern Kingbird
1 Eastern Meadowlark
1 Black Vulture
3 Mississippi Kites
Rock Dove
English Sparrow
Brown Headed Cowbird

Robert Fowler
Memphis TN


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