Young Chickadees from different nests form a flock together. Sometimes they combine with young Tufted Titmice. I call them a mob because they are raucous, loud and seem bent on terrorizing the neighborhood. Follow the leader is a favorite activity. Unlike other birds they seem to have a routine of circling their territory that you could set your watch by.
Next most entertaining are the Mockingbirds. There is a fledgling flock of Mockers as well. But the real entertainment is a Mockingbird who has incorporated the call of a Rain Crow into his repertoire.
Unless I see the mockingbird, I can't tell him from the real thing.
Wrens have the loveliest songs. But I rarely see one now as they seem very busy raising young. We have Carolina Wrens and Bewicks Wrens.
Crows I do NOT enjoy. I would like to encourage them to leave. This morning a group of crows we're harassing my local Red-Tail Hawks. They may have been trying to attack and eat the hawk babies - and being predators of other species young is something crows are prone to do. This certainly makes them harder to love for me. There was quite a noisy battle in progress and I hope the hawk parents won.
I would like to eliminate the crows as I know my corn crop will be in danger soon, but they are quite wary and flee the moment we go outside.I hear Cardinals singing in every direction and we seem to have a large population of them. But at the moment we only see fleeting glimpses. They are also probably busy with young.
Birds in the Garden
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Young Chickadees from different nests form a flock together. Sometimes they combine with young Tufted Titmice. I call them a mob because they are raucous, loud and seem bent on terrorizing the neighborhood. Follow the leader is a favorite activity. Unlike other birds they seem to have a routine of circling their territory that you could set your watch by.
Next most entertaining are the Mockingbirds. There is a fledgling flock of Mockers as well. But the real entertainment is a Mockingbird who has incorporated the call of a Rain Crow into his repertoire.
Unless I see the mockingbird, I can't tell him from the real thing.
Wrens have the loveliest songs. But I rarely see one now as they seem very busy raising young. We have Carolina Wrens and Bewicks Wrens.
Crows I do NOT enjoy. I would like to encourage them to leave. This morning a group of crows we're harassing my local Red-Tail Hawks. They may have been trying to attack and eat the hawk babies - and being predators of other species young is something crows are prone to do. This certainly makes them harder to love for me. There was quite a noisy battle in progress and I hope the hawk parents won.
I would like to eliminate the crows as I know my corn crop will be in danger soon, but they are quite wary and flee the moment we go outside.I hear Cardinals singing in every direction and we seem to have a large population of them. But at the moment we only see fleeting glimpses. They are also probably busy with young.
One of the reasonsI enjoy time in the garden is our rich local bird population. It is especially fun in May because there are so many fledglings leaving the nest and playing around the yard.My number one favorites are the Chickadee Mob
Young Chickadees from different nests form a flock together. Sometimes they combine with young Tufted Titmice. I call them a mob because they are raucous, loud and seem bent on terrorizing the neighborhood. Follow the leader is a favorite activity. Unlike other birds they seem to have a routine of circling their territory that you could set your watch by.
Next most entertaining are the Mockingbirds. There is a fledgling flock of Mockers as well. But the real entertainment is a Mockingbird who has incorporated the call of a Rain Crow into his repertoire.
Unless I see the mockingbird, I can't tell him from the real thing.
Wrens have the loveliest songs. But I rarely see one now as they seem very busy raising young. We have Carolina Wrens and Bewicks Wrens.
Crows I do NOT enjoy. I would like to encourage them to leave. This morning a group of crows we're harassing my local Red-Tail Hawks. They may have been trying to attack and eat the hawk babies - and being predators of other species young is something crows are prone to do. This certainly makes them harder to love for me. There was quite a noisy battle in progress and I hope the hawk parents won.
I would like to eliminate the crows as I know my corn crop will be in danger soon, but they are quite wary and flee the moment we go outside.I hear Cardinals singing in every direction and we seem to have a large population of them. But at the moment we only see fleeting glimpses. They are also probably busy with young.
