Any time you get near an active nest of any bird species watch out.
Goshawk is notorious as Ed mentioned, will draw blood. Not to be
forgotten is the phase when fledglings are out of the nest but can't fly
very well, the parents herd them around the bushes continuing to feed
them, if you get too close you are subject to harassment. This might be
what Gaines was experiencing with mockingbirds.
Beth must have special powers of communication with nesting Bluebirds!
-AJ
Paul Jost wrote:
Really? I've been dive-bombed by robins, screech-owls, and
barred-owls... it's dangerous out there!!
Paul J.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Koebel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ENTS] Projected heights and Jenny's wrath
Gaines,
I have never been dive bomb by any bird not even the bluebird that
dive bombed everyone else because they got to close to the nest. I
have no idea as to why.
Beth
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Trees Are The Answer
On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:37, Gaines McMartin
<[email protected]> wrote:
Bob:
I have sat on my porch relaxing, and many, many times seen robins
land on a fresh soft white pine leader and break it completely off. I
am not speculating on what caused something i have seen--I have seen
it happen--maybe even hundreds of times!!
Jenny: ever hear the phrase "dirty bird." These things can be a
filthy nuisance. We have mocking birds all around our house in
Winchester. This fall one had to do this dance on our porch railings
every morning and poop and poop and poop. We had to clean this poop up
much too often. When I go picking blackberries these guys dive at me
all the time. In the back we have redwing blackbirds--lots and lots
of them. They dive at me also, but the worst thing they do is perch
on a 7 foor tall burr oak I have there. They perch on it so much all
the new growth shoots are knocked off. This tree in its struggles to
replace this broken growth looks like a head of cauliflower! UUUGH!
"Leave my poor little tree alone!!"
OK, OK, you like birds, but there IS a downside!!
Peace? I've never shot a bird!
--Gaines
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