[TN-Bird] Re: fledglings
- From: "Rikki Hall" <rikki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 15:24:19 -0400 (EDT)
Charlie said:
> Been seeing fledglings a bit lately:
Also in Blount Co, I had a blue jay fledgling in the gravel driveway last
weekend. It was making quite a racket, but not getting much attention. I
eventually approached it because, well, getting attacked by blue jay
parents is my idea of fun. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. I was able
to get right next to the bird, whose flight feathers were the only ones to
have broken their sheaths, and not get any reaction from any adults. I
tried to get it to fly, but it just squawked, and I eventually picked it
up to see if it could fly from my hand. It just flopped to the grass. I
finally left it perched low in a dogwood, but I think it was a runt that
had been abandoned.
On a more happy note, I saw Carolina wren fledglings over two weeks ago,
and this week saw an adult gathering nesting materials for a second brood.
A mourning dove was also busy gathering straw, and an eastern bluebird
fledgling was flying among the trees, still being fed by mom and dad. The
blue-gray gnatcatchers were doing a lot of peeping and begging lately, but
I haven't heard them in a few days. I prefer to think that means they are
out and about learning from their parents how to forage.
I've also heard begging noises from dense tangles with attentive cardinals
nearby, and a pair of red-bellied woodpeckers has been very busy with
their nest in a dead shortleaf pine. There is a pair of summer tanagers
nesting in the yard, but no evidence of success yet.
Rikki Hall
Rockford, TN
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