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Index of Subjects James, and all, Very interesting stories about these Grouse interactions. It's rather fascinating that there is a somewhat similar type of interaction with Roadrunners down here in the southwest where I spend my winters. We think of these birds as being almost insanely nervous as they dart around from bush to bush. However, many people have had experiences withmRoadrunners that begin to become a frequent visitor to the yard and will watch or follow them around, and eventually get to the point of climbing up on picnic tables to beg for food. One friend started feeding one of these birds a little bit of hamburger meat when it would hang around his outdoor barbecue in the evenings. It wasn't too long before the Roadrunner was coming to the screen door of the kitchen a couple of times a day, to impatiently march back and forth waiting for a hamburger meat treat. When the door opened, it would run right in and wait to be fed. I was there with my dogs while this was going on one afternoon and the bird was quite unafraid of me (a stranger), or of my dogs. Here at the cabin where I stay, there is a Roadrunner that hangs around the general area. I see it zooming around from bush to bush and occasionally walking around outside the cabin. It never approaches me, but a friend who lives here in summer says that it occasionally peers in the front door during monsoon season when the door is open most of the time. It may just be that these desert birds are more willing to take risks to get food. The Canyon Towhees and Curve-Bill Thrashers here at the cabin will come right into the cabin, or get into the barbecue if I leave the lid open. They will take anything that is not covered with a pot lid. I keep some food in my van and they often go in there to steal vegetables. When I am camping, the Mexican Jays will get right into a shopping bag left on the picnic table even for just a few seconds. They quickly tear holes in fruit or vegetables that are too heavy to carry off. One came into my van, gave me quite a pinching bite on the back of my leg, grabbed a sandwich in a plastic bag and flew away to a tree to tear the bag apart to eat the sandwich. I've had Cactus Wrens actually grab at spaghetti if it is sticking up above the pot while it begins to cook. Needless to say, food preparation can be quite complicated when you are trying to fend off an assortment of hungry birds that are scurrying around your campsite. Bev Wigney Round Hill, NS On 2016-03-18, at 8:42 PM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote: > This topic is optimal for me at the moment, as I've been meaning to post something similar for awhile now.
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