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From: nosmo@pyuxh.UUCP (P. Valdata)
Newsgroups: net.rec.birds
Subject: Re: Hummingbirds, territorial birds
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 10:47:29 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 12 10:47:29 1985
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Last year we had a hummingbird visit our azaleas.  After
several minutes of hovering, flying backwards, and feeding,
during which it acted very bee-like, it landed on a tree
branch just above the azaleas, where it wiped its beak on
the branch and acted very bird-like.  Interesting contrast!

I have seen mockingbirds, blue jays, and kingbirds going
after other--usually larger--birds, cats, and even people.
I've also seen birds at a distance attacking hawks and
crows, but they were so far away I couldn't tell what the
smaller birds were; my impression was they were blackbirds,
although I don't know what kind.

Postscript on the serenading mockingbird:  It has stopped,
thank goodness; it seems to be something it does only in
July!  Its song began tapering off during the last week in
July, dwindling to a couple of notes, and finally stopping.
It has been blessedly quiet every night this month!
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				Pat Valdata
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