[TN-Bird] Huge numbers of birds come with the rain & a weird coincidence
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:44:04 EST
Good morning,
The neighborhood is FILLED with birds here in the Charlotte Park area, West
Nashville, Davidson County just east of the Cumberland River across from
Bell's Bend. Though not spectacular in species, they are spectacular in
number.
Hundreds of robins, red wings and starlings are all over the yard and in the
trees. All my regular feeder birds are here as well. The red-wings were
creeping along the tree branches seemingly finding something edible in the
hackberry and pine bark. Most of the red wings appear to be immature males.
A peregrine flew up from an adjacent yard and off to the east. I don't know
if it had gone down after something or not. It did not appear to be
carrying any prey.
A really funny coincidence happened when I heard something "tap" on my
French door. It was a titmouse. I noticed that the peanut butter was all
gone--AGAIN! Now, I don't for a moment believe that the titmouse has taken
lessons
from the mockingbird and was "calling me out," but...................??
Well, I did put more PB out, and it is all gone again. Some fell to the deck,
and a female cardinal just now ate that.
Looks as if I'll be refilling feeders much of today as food is disappearing
almost as fast as I can put it out there! All the extra birds came in just
as it started to drizzle here and are feeding in this light rain.
Birding is sooooo exciting. Enjoy!
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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