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- To: "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Forgot to add
- From: "Melvin Hochhalter" <mhochhalter@nc.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 09:42:28 -0400
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
I forgot to add that I saw a tough little RTHB squared off with a blue-gray
gnatcatcher at Mason Farm the other day. The little hummer went
face-to-face with the blue-gray. As the hummer zipped a foot right and then
a foot left, always returning to front-and-center, the blue-gray just
perched on a branch almost motionless. Almost motionless is rare by itself,
but when the blue-gray did a "orupendula like- flip" and hung upside down,
the hummer became almost frantic. The wing noises from the hummer were
clearly audible from 30 feet.
The blue-gray finally caved. The hummer zipped away. All's well that ends
well!
I looked for a hummer nest, but saw nothing near.
Mel Hochhalter
MelH@nc.rr.com
Chapel Hill, NC