Re: Wildlife Funnies

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wildlife Funnies
• From: Vera Metzke v*@gmail.com
• Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:01:42 -0500
• In-reply-to: 215F7E44-797D-4A00-81BD-0C11D5DDC636@insightbb.com
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That is to funny!  Your wildlife had best watch out for those little
guys!  I have just discovered a pair of woodpeckers in the front
silver maple.  Now to see them in a view other than the tips of the
tail feathers sticking out of the hole they have made?
Vera

On 6/19/05, Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
> 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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