[TN-Bird] Re: Turf wars
- From: "Gregg Elliott" <gregg-elliott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:43:49 -0600
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
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Subject: [TN-Bird] Turf wars
> 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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