If the larger gray bird in the bush were not a Catbird but instead a fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird begging to be fed by the Yellow Warbler, this would make sense. - - Dave Nutter
> On Jul 10, 2025, at 4:46 PM, Daniel Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yesterday I observed a curious interaction between a gray catbird and yellow > warbler in a low honeysuckle bush in Ulysses. The catbird made repeated > chattering calls and stayed put as the warbler fluttered excitedly around the > bush. Several times the warbler landed on the same twig as the catbird and > appeared to tap beaks. The beak tap seemed too deliberate, extended in time, > and controlled to be aggressive — almost seemed like a food sharing movement > but I didn’t see anything exchanged. Any ideas what could be going on? > > > -- > > (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm > NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html > 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
