[TN-Bird] no respect, I tell you

From: K Dean EDWARDS <kde@xxxxxxx>
To: Tennessee Birds <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:56:18 -0400 (EDT)

I have noticed a lot of fussy bird activity near a large dead tree
in the woods behind our house (west Knox Co) the past couple of days.
Sat evening (19 April) I spotted the reason during another mob scene.
A raccoon was sleeping the day away in a large cavity near the top
of the ~15-ft-tall snag.  Only its back was visible from my angle.
A few titmice and WB Nuthatches were fussing around the hole.  Then
one brave titmouse flew in and quickly smacked the raccoon on the
back before darting back out.  The racoon flinched and shifted
position a bit.  Emboldened, the titmouse returned for another quick
strike, then another.  Little response from the raccoon just pumped
up the titmouse that much more.  It flew in and landed on the
raccoon's back, fussed a bit, than hopped up and down on the raccoon's
back like a little kid trying to wake their parents.  I thought it
might have been trying to gather fur for a nest but it didn't appear
to be pulling out fur with its bill (and they've been gathering
pet fur I've put out for weeks now).  Consigned to his fate and lack
of respect from the titmouse, the raccoon paid little heed to the
bird which eventually gave up and left.


Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN


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