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Index of Subjects Just watched a sharpie eat a starling in my backyard! But didn't see it take the starling off my feeder. Andy Stadnyk Lower Sackville ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> Sent: March 7, 2015 5:17 PM To: naturens Subject: [NatureNS] Chickadeesvs Sharp shinned Hawk I was just privileged to watch the most amazing bit of nature, live, in my own grapevine. Over the years there have been many interesting things appear and take place outside my kitchen window. Todays incident has ranked with the very best. I was filling the kettle, just looked out to see who was feeding when I noticed a solitary chickadee frozen holding to an upright bit of vine. Very still. I looked about as we have been visited from time to time a small Sharpie who works very industriously but so far (thankfully or not I cannot decide; it has to eat too) ) hasn't caught anything. I didn't see anything but thought I would go pick up the camera, remembering the lovely photos I got last Sat.. Just as I came back to the window, the hawk blew into the vine. It knew there was something there for sure but just didn't pick the chickadee out. There was a lot of twitching and peering maybe 10 minutes worth. Suddenly in flew another chickadee and it began to taunt the hawk and chattering and peeping it seemed to encourage the other to do the same. They moved through a real tangle and and right up behind the hawk, then in front, dropping back into the heavy tangle. Hawk was really taking notice of all this and began trying to grab one or the other. Chickadee #2 flew straight out out of sight with the hawk after it. No. 1 Chickadee was back to being frozen. I went to the window on the other side of the house and could see nothing so returned to the kitchen and there were two bird frozen and the hawk booting it across the front yard after? nothing I could see. Fascinating. Marg Marg Millard 19 White Point 2 Rd., White Point, Queens Co., R.R. # 1 Hunts Point, Nova Scotia , Canada B0T 1G0 (902)683-2393 MargMillard.ca
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