[bcbirdclub] Warblers Really Up Close and Personal
- From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:43:39 -0400
Hi All,
This morning I was at my favorite spot in the backyard watching the morning
warbler action. I was standing within a couple of feet of the grape arbor.
Suddenly, from the left two Yellow-throated Warblers came zipping into the
vines on the arbor behind me. I very very slowly turned my head and could see
one Yellow-throated was feeding in the vines within a couple of feet of my
head. Within a few seconds it flew away. The other, a few feet back in the
arbor, fluttered about catching small insects among the vines. After a few
seconds it fluttered away from the vines, flew toward me and disappeared behind
me. It was then I felt the bird land on my shirt, on my lower back. I stood
perfectly still; I felt the bird picking at something on my shirt. This went on
for 8 or 10 seconds. I kept wishing my wife could see this from inside the
house and grab a camera. Finally the bird flew off to my left to the nearest
tree. Having a warbler fly down and actually perch on me was definitely a
first.
Other species observed in the short amount of time I had to watch were an adult
male American Redstart, 2 Black-throated Green Warblers, 1 female Cape May that
came to bathe in the yard stream, 3 Tennessee Warblers, a Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, 2 Scarlet Tanagers, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, a White-eyed Vireo,
a Wild Turkey and a Sharp-shinned Hawk that came swiftly through the yard and
snatched a small bird.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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