Definitely a catbird! > On Jul 12, 2025, at 6:56 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/ >> >> -- >>
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