I observed some interesting fall Bluebird behavior today, while bow hunting from my deer stand.
Six bluebirds began working their way past my stand today, when two males and one female became interested in a woodpecker hole in the top of a dead willow..just 50ft from me. The female checked it out, and then one of the males did also. When the 2nd male came to the hole to check it out, the first male launched, and the two circled each other and sparred in mid-air. This happened a couple of times before all the bluebirds moved off. Interesting how nesting instincts and their competitive nature prevailed, even in late fall! Saw approximately 1,000 gulls at the Brenton feed lot NW of Grimes, on my way home. Ty Smedes Ty Smedes Nature Photography 4732 72nd Street Urbandale Iowa 50322-1148 www.smedesphoto.com phone # 515-270-9086 "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it" ? Thomas Jefferson --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/PayDues.aspx. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]. Unsubscribe at http://iowabirds.org/Reporting/Listserv.aspx.
