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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_015B_01D29992.A5F6B710 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The song sparrows that frequent our feeders seem to always be in = conflict. I=E2=80=99ve never seen the behavior you describe, but they = certainly dispute the right to be at the feeder. Even when there are = several perches available, the one feeding will chase the later arriver = away. Even on the ground, they have to keep a certain distance from = one another. Other species of yard birds seem to be less aggressive. They sing so sweetly, we would like to think they have kindly = temperaments to match. HA! Anthropomorphizing, even when we know = better... Jane From: Don MacNeill=20 Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 10:13 AM To: NaturenNS=20 Subject: [NatureNS] Fighting Song Sparrows Something I haven't seeen before. Two Song Sparrows flew at each other = in my backyard, locked together and fell to the ground, still locked = together. They rolled around a bit flapping their wings and finally = separated. Then they repeated the same thing a couple of times. Must = have been two males trying to impress a female. Don --=20 Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net ------=_NextPart_000_015B_01D29992.A5F6B710 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" = http-equiv=3Dcontent-type></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>The song sparrows that frequent our feeders seem to always be in=20 conflict. I=E2=80=99ve never seen the behavior you describe, but = they certainly=20 dispute the right to be at the feeder. Even when there are several = perches=20 available, the one feeding will chase the later arriver = away. =20 Even on the ground, they have to keep a certain distance from one = another. =20 Other species of yard birds seem to be less aggressive.</DIV> <DIV>They sing so sweetly, we would like to think they have kindly = temperaments=20 to match. HA! Anthropomorphizing, even when we know = better...</DIV> <DIV>Jane</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D'FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: = "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; = DISPLAY: inline'> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Ddonmacneill@bellaliant.net=20 href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">Don MacNeill</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 10, 2017 10:13 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NaturenNS</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Fighting Song Sparrows</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D'FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: = "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; = DISPLAY: inline'><FONT=20 face=3DCalibri>Something I haven't seeen before. Two Song Sparrows = flew at=20 each other in my backyard, locked together and fell to the ground, still = locked=20 together. They rolled around a bit flapping their wings and = finally=20 separated. Then they repeated the same thing a couple of = times. Must=20 have been two males trying to impress a female.<BR><BR>Don<BR></FONT> <DIV class=3Dmoz-signature>-- <BR>Don MacNeill <A = class=3Dmoz-txt-link-abbreviated=20 href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">donmacneill@bellaliant.net</A>= </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_015B_01D29992.A5F6B710--
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