[birdky] Interesting bird behavior
- From: "Record, D. Scott" <DSRecord@xxxxxxx>
- To: "'birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:38:00 -0400
Early this evening while making my rounds at work I stopped to watch
swallows catching insects over the discharge channel. Here, I can always
count on 4 species of swallows and sometimes 5. However, today I noticed
several cedar waxwings hawking insects along with a mixed flock of swallows.
I have seen various flycatchers doing this but never waxwings. That's one
thing I love about birding. I see something new every time I go out. I
also found a common nighthawk incubating 2 eggs on the pea gravel covered
roof of the powerhouse. It allowed me to approach within 5 feet before
taking off as delicately as a moth and alighting only ten feet away feigning
injury with wings spread flat out and mouth gaping. I played along and it
led me perhaps 50 feet before it took to the sky. These birds sure rely
heavily on their cryptic coloration because if I had been a real predator,
such as a cat, I would have easily caught this bird before it even got off
the nest.
Scott Record
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