[bcbirdclub] Re: Strange Bird Behavior
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Jerry Thornhill" <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "'BCBC Listserve'" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:53:32 -0400
Jerry, would the rest of the sentence have read like this?
"Had this been an actual emergency a flock of hummingbirds would have been
dispatched immediately to find out if the danger was real and a flock of
woodpeckers would have been put on alert in case they were needed for defense."
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Thornhill
To: 'BCBC Listserve'
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:31 PM
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Re: Strange Bird Behavior
You missed the announcement: "This has been a test of our emergency warning
system. Had this been an actual emergency,.."
Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bcbirdclub-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Mayhorn
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:00 PM
To: BCBC Listserve
Subject: [bcbirdclub] Strange Bird Behavior
Hi All,
Yesterday, I heard birds in the backyard giving danger calls. When I went to
investigate I found on a dead branch of an apple tree about 12 feet off the
ground a Hooded Warbler, a Worm-eating Warbler, two Titmice, a Carolina
Chickadee, a Carolina Wren and a female Cardinal. They were all acting very
upset and moving constantly in about a 4 foot area of sparse dead twigs on the
dead branch.
Since I had seen a Rat Snake in the area a few days before I was sure that
must be what they were upset about. However, when I looked closely I couldn't
see any signs of a predator. They were concentrating their activities in this
one area and there was nothing there. I even searched the ground underneath and
there was nothing beneath the branch. There were no leaves at all on the
branch, and it was only about as thick as my wrist at the widest part; the
twigs weren't dense enough to hide a snake.
After a few minutes of this frenzied activity the group began to disperse. I
continued to search but found nothing. It left me scratching my head and
wondering what was going on.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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