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Re: berry raids
- To: "Sue Pulsipher" <puls@infi.net>, "Carolina Birds listserv" <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: berry raids
- From: "Reece Mitchell" <rmitche2@tds.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:29:58 -0500
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- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Mockingbirds are terriorists but interesting. We recently had a flock of
about 50 mixed Robins and Waxwings. They fed on the holly for two days, then
a Mockingbird moved in and the Robins and Waxwings have gone. Can't believe
one Mockingbird could have chased them all away.
Reece Mitchell
Flat Rock
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Pulsipher" <puls@infi.net>
To: "Carolina Birds listserv" <carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 9:54 AM
Subject: berry raids
> A new yard species and a defeat for our local mocker. The mocker has
> valiently defended the dogwood berries against all comers except two
> species. A Pileated Woodpecker a couple of weeks ago was allowed to feed
> uninterrupted. Today a flock of Rusty Blackbirds came in. The flock came
> by at least three times. No berries are obviously left on the trees.
>
> The local Flickers the mocker chases fearlessly. The mocker chased one
> flicker to its death through a window collision a couple of weeks ago.
What
> deters the mockingbird appears to be large size or large flock.
>
> The other unusual, for us, visitor was a fox sparrow. I was able to look
> out of a window and within ten feet compare four species of sparrows --
fox,
> white throated, song and chipping.
>
> And now Susan Campbell reports hummingbirds in Fayetteville! Great.
>
>
> Sue Pulsipher
> Linden, N.C.
> puls@infi.net
>
>