Hi all, Yesterday night around 12.00 AM I had this beautiful moth visit moth sheet. It was there till 2.30 AM as I was still awake at this time. Then I fell asleep sometime after 3.00 am. By the time I woke up it was 5.58 am. It was quite bright outside. I stumbled out of the bed to make sure the catbird did not get him. But as it happened I was late by a few minutes. I did not see the moth, so I was presuming it flew away, but catbird was furiously mewing from the spruce.
Next second catbird was just about 2 feet from my feet and chasing the Penitent Catocala, which I had not seen. The caotcala flip-flopped. Meaning it was showing off its underwing and closing it as it fluttered on wing close to the ground but very much alive. I stepped down to look at it. The catbird flew away mewing madly at me. I tried to catch the moth, it gave me quite a time, finally I caught it and released it among the greenery, when catbird was away from my sight. I hope it survived! Here are the two pictures, first one taken around midnight and the second one taken in the morning after the attack. You can see at least three beak marks! Before the catbird attack. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/118047473426099383469/albums/5907700059485657345/5908590493496285602?pid=5908590493496285602&oid=118047473426099383469 After the catbird attack. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/118047473426099383469/albums/5907700059485657345/5908590513588286226?pid=5908590513588286226&oid=118047473426099383469 Meena Haribal Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ -- 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/ --
