[TN-Bird] Uncommon yard visitors
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Bird List <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:51:37 -0400
It was a great morning to stay home and bird my west Knox County yard today.
It had rained, was overcast and comfortably cool. I first saw a male Hairy
Woodpecker when he landed in the cherry tree next to the deck. I assumed he
was a red-belly based on his size but a closer look revealed a male Hairy, an
occasional visitor. As I watched him make his way slowly up a limb I became
aware of a female Downy about a foot below him; the size difference was
startling but what struck me as a bit strange was that they seemed to be
talking to each other and a few seconds after he departed, she followed suit,
leaving in the same direction. The Hairy returned again and again to the
cherry tree and the thicket, which is dominated by a large pine tree, but the
Downy did not return with her larger "friend". Also seen in the thicket were a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and FOS Dark-eyed Junco (a pale individual). A
Yellow-rumped Warbler and two Chipping Sparrows rounded out the newcomers.
Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN
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