[TN-Bird] FW: Re: Turf wars

From: "Raincrow" <raincrow@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:00:09 -0700
I was shocked, several years back, to hear that house sparrows will kill adult 
bluebirds and swallows battling over a nest box. Up until then I'd never heard 
of songbirds substantially injuring one another, much less killing one another, 
intra- or extraspecies. Mammals, lots of 'em yes, little bitty songbirds, no...
Liz Singley
Kingston TN (Roane Co.)



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 I saw the same thing once years ago between two song sparrows in Arizona. 
It was so unusual I've never forgotten it. 

Gregg Elliott 
Shelby County 


> Yesterday we watched a savage fight between two Carolina Wrens. One came
> across the yard from the brush pile, the other was on the deck by the 
> house. The
> deck bird saw the intruder, and sang loudly at it. It then launched itself 
> and
> grappled the intruder. The two flapped and rolled over each other, pecking
> hard. They had hold of each other with their claws, at one point one had 
> the
> other by the throat. The fight persisted for several minutes with neither 
> bird
> "backing off". So many fights among wildlife are full of threat and 
> posture until
> one gets the message and quits, but this was for keeps. When we started to
> fear for their lives after they took a couple of breaks between "rounds" 
> to
> catch a breath, we went onto the deck and they separated. Not only loud 
> birds for
> their size, but willing to duke it out too. Ralph Brinkhurst, Lebanon, 
> Wilson
> Co.
>
>
>


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