Re: Wildlife Funnies
One of my bird references says that the tufted titmouse will pull
hair from sleeping cats and dogs for its nest - I think they are
pretty fearless.
Cathy, west central IL, z5b
On Jun 16, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Lynda Young wrote:
> We have a tray type bird feeder attached to the railing on the deck
> and
> love to sit on the porch watching the constant flow of birds in and
> out.
> However, last weekend a raccoon decided to enjoy an early feast and
> was
> munching his way through the seed. A tufted titmouse landed on rail,
> watched the coon for a few minutes and decided "to heck with
> this!". He
> launched himself onto the coon's back and proceeded to rapidly peck at
> the back of the intruder's head. When the coon jerked around the bird
> flew off, only to return and repeat the behavior as soon as the coon
> began eating again. This cycle played out five or six times - the
> coon
> finally had enough and left and the bird was able to dine. A
> couple of
> days later, the coon returned and so did the titmouse and we
> watched the
> whole scene again. Hilarious.
>
> Lynda
> Zone 7 - West TN - who was rooting for the bird the whole way
>
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