Hello all, With windows open after the long winter and feeders, nectar bottles, jelly holders full it has been fun watching and listening for what happens in the avian world. I had never seen Indigo Buntings sipping nectar and slurping jelly before this spring, which was and is overly cold! Hummingbirds have been very aggressive to each other and yesterday one small one was sipping and sitting on the nectar feeder when another male pounced on it and held onto its beak sort of stretching and bending its head backwards until they both fell off the feeder onto the deck. I then went outside as the aggressor was still fighting, and it flew away leaving the other seemingly immobile on the floor. As I neared and instinctively reached for it it flew away, but later I found it on the other feeder the other side of the house, and it had trouble clinging to it and fell down to the ground. However it righted itself and flew up again, clung on and had a long drink, but I wonder whether the aggression will continue in their worlds! Grackles I now know make a strange vocalization when Crows appear and alert the whole neighborhood that they are extremely unhappy about the nest-egg stealer being around, flying at the larger bird and chasing it, joined by others like the Orioles and Chickadees! Bobolinks have been found in a large field on Old Stage Road north of Wildwood Road. At least maybe that field will not be mown just yet - lots of others sadly are. Hilary Ford, Ellison Bay, Door County #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn