[TN-Bird] Strange Yard Event

From: "Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird Post" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:29:32 -0500
This morning, Monday July 19, we had the strangest event happen in our yard.  
An American Goldfinch male flying across the yard crashed into a utility pole 
support wire with his head taking the impact.  He fell to the ground and for 
about 15 minutes did not move.  We decided to not try and check on him feeling 
that if he was not dead our presence would cause him even more stress.  After 
appearing unconscious for those 15 minutes, as we watched from about thirty 
feet away,  he began slowly moving his head and after another 15 minutes, he 
flew into a nearby tree and appeared to be alert once again.  In all our years 
of birdwatching we had never seen a bird fly into one of those support wires 
until today.  Birds sure do need the protection of their Creator these days 
with all the manmade structures that can cause them injury or death.  
Bird activity in our yard continues to amaze us.  We decided weeks ago to not 
put out seed this summer as the cowbirds and sparrows were becoming too 
numerous.  But the weeds with seeds we have allowed to grow between the edge of 
the yard and the woods, the huge group of pokeberry berries in the middle of 
the weeds, the beautiful fruit on the cherry tree, and our one suet feeder have 
provided us with a usual count of 35-40 species each morning.  The 
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have produced lots of babies and we have between 
75-100 sucking down our sugar water.  Lots of other babies are coming into the 
yard as Eastern Kingbirds, Summer Tanagers, Orchard Orioles, Cedar Waxwings, 
Northern Flickers, and our first pair of Hairy Woodpeckers have nested in the 
trees in and around the yard and are adding to the youngsters we usually see 
from our regular yard birds.  

Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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