[TN-Bird] Re: Red trifecta at Beaman Park (Davidson Co.)
- From: Tony Lance <tonylance@xxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 11:23:57 -0500
The pair of Summer Tanagers that has been gathering nest material here at
Beaman Park Nature Center is still hard at work. Well, at least the female is;
she appears to be doing all the construction. I watched for a few minutes this
morning and followed her flight to their nest site, a limb in an oak tree on
the edge of the parking lot. It's fascinating to see how the nest is being
built. So far it consists of thin fibers and is a transparent shell. I've never
seen a tanager nest so I'm looking forward to watching things progress.
Today the tanagers were joined in the garden by a pair of Great Crested
Flycatchers.
Tony Lance
Springfield, TN
(Presently at work at Beaman Park Nature Center)
On May 2, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Tony Lance wrote:
> I happened to glance outside the window here at the nature center just now
> and saw a female Summer Tanager pulling some fibrous material from one of the
> bushes in our native plant garden for nest building. She was joined by a male
> Summer Tanager, who was apparently supervising things as she continued
> tugging away. Seconds later a male Scarlet Tanager landed right next to them
> to see what was going on, and then a male Cardinal left the feeder to take a
> look as well. I think it's safe to say that's the first time I've seen all
> three red species within four or five feet of each other. What a photo that
> would've been!
>
> Speaking of Cardinals, I was doing a little work in the bee yard yesterday
> and I heard a pair raising a ruckus about something. I went over to the bush
> that was the source of all the excitement and saw a male and female giving
> grief to a snake (I couldn't tell what kind it was). The Cardinals prevailed
> with a few well-placed pecks and the snake dropped from the bush and
> slithered away, tail between his vestigial proverbial legs, as the birds kept
> watching from above until he could be seen no more. I was able to watch this
> at relatively close range; I've noticed that with my bee veil on birds don't
> quite perceive me as human. A number of times I've had different species land
> fairly close to me and go about their business as if I weren't there.
>
> Tony Lance
> Springfield, TN
>
>
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