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Old 07-20-2004, 01:13 PM   #15
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Re: Single Blip On The Hummingbird Radar

Birds can be quite entertaining to watch. I've had a hummingbird nearly hit me in the head as I've sat on our backyard deck a few feet from where I hang the hummingbird feeder. They'll make several passes and hover in front of my face a few feet away as if to say, "C'mon, human, where's the nectar? My uncle said it'd be right here!"

Another "odd bird behaviour" anecdote:
Just a week or so ago, I was sitting in our car outside a restaurant while Justin ran inside for a refill of iced tea. Movement and a flash of white from the corner of my eye caught my attention, and I began observing a juvenile Northern mockingbird on a parked Mustang nearby. The mockingbird was perched on the passenger-side sideview mirror, and would periodically leap into the air a couple feet and lunge at its reflection in the window or mirror as it fluttered back down. It did this repeatedly, lost its focus for a second and clung to the radio antenna briefly, then began the whole production again. It was intent upon vanquishing this mimicking "foe" it saw in the window and mirror, at all costs.
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