[TN-Bird] Re: fledglings

Charlie said:
> Been seeing fledglings a bit lately:

Also in Blount Co, I had a blue jay fledgling in the gravel driveway last
weekend.  It was making quite a racket, but not getting much attention.  I
eventually approached it because, well, getting attacked by blue jay
parents is my idea of fun.  Unfortunately, it didn't happen.  I was able
to get right next to the bird, whose flight feathers were the only ones to
have broken their sheaths, and not get any reaction from any adults.  I
tried to get it to fly, but it just squawked, and I eventually picked it
up to see if it could fly from my hand.  It just flopped to the grass.  I
finally left it perched low in a dogwood, but I think it was a runt that
had been abandoned.

On a more happy note, I saw Carolina wren fledglings over two weeks ago,
and this week saw an adult gathering nesting materials for a second brood.
 A mourning dove was also busy gathering straw, and an eastern bluebird
fledgling was flying among the trees, still being fed by mom and dad.  The
blue-gray gnatcatchers were doing a lot of peeping and begging lately, but
I haven't heard them in a few days.  I prefer to think that means they are
out and about learning from their parents how to forage.

I've also heard begging noises from dense tangles with attentive cardinals
nearby, and a pair of red-bellied woodpeckers has been very busy with
their nest in a dead shortleaf pine.  There is a pair of summer tanagers
nesting in the yard, but no evidence of success yet.

Rikki Hall
Rockford, TN

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