Gives a whole ‘nother meaning to the term micro aggressive! Warm regards, Bar’bara’
> On Jul 23, 2022, at 11:55 AM, Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes. I believe that!! Nobody messes with them. > >> On Jul 23, 2022, at 11:37 AM, Judith Jones <j...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> Our house wren drove away a rat! >> >>>> On 7/23/2022 10:39 AM, Linda Orkin wrote: >>> I can’t believe how effective they are at driving away any and all >>> competitors and threats. We’ve been watching them in a nest box in our >>> front yard for what seems like about a month. It appears also that there >>> are three adult participants but I have no actual proof just observational. >>> I know they have some different parenting strategies but do not know if >>> they clutch twice in a row in the same nest box. They successfully drive >>> away blue jays, red squirrels, chipmunks, even hummingbirds at the trumpet >>> vine not that close to the box. but I can’t help wondering at what cost to >>> their own well being. They seem to never be at rest. Anyway just a few >>> moments of bird contemplation on a Saturday morning. >>> >>> Linda Orkin >>> Ithaca, NY >>> -- >>> >>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>> >>> ARCHIVES: >>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>> >>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>> >>> -- >>> > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
