[TN-Bird] maximum grosbeakage

This morning I set my new personal feeder-packing record with an impressive 
EIGHT Rose-breasted Grosbeaks jammed onto the trey feeder.  I have been 
watching their interactions closely, and was starting to speculate that 6 was 
the most that would fit.  They males are very touchy about their personal 
space, and every time the elusive seventh bird would try and land it would set 
off a series of squabbles that usually sent several birds flying.  Somehow this 
morning they overcame their differences, or at least figured out an optimum 
spacing arrangement.
Based on max numbers of males and females at one time, I have at least 13 
hanging around the yard.

I am eagerly awaiting my phoebe babies to fledge, so that they will stop 
pooping all over my doorsteps.

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Chris Sloan
chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx
Nashville, TN

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