Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pyuxh.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxqq!pyuxh!nosmo From: nosmo@pyuxh.UUCP (P. Valdata) Newsgroups: net.rec.birds Subject: Re: Hummingbirds, territorial birds Message-ID: <186@pyuxh.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 10:47:29 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxh.186 Posted: Mon Aug 12 10:47:29 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 05:05:54 EDT References: <10893@rochester.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 22 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! -- Pat Valdata pyuxh!nosmo