Re: gardenchat DIGEST V1 #1244

Oh my! What a funny scene that must have been! Speaking of  aggressive birds, 
anyone ever watch the hummers in action? I often see them  chasing the BEES 
away from their beloved Salvias! Here in the Northeast, the  only species we 
have is the Rubythroat. Anyone live where there are other ones?  How fortunate 
you are, if you do!
 
Maddy Mason
Hudson Valley, NY 
zone 5/6

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.

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