Hi Rob and Tweeters,

Your post reminded me of a time in the fall being
alarmed on by chickadees on the Sandpiper Trail in
Bowerman Basin. They really didn't want me there but
didn't go so far as to dive bomb me. So I stood my
ground against these fearless little birds and had a
wonderful time picking through all the other birds who
had to come and see what the fuss was about. I'll
never know what brought that on. I moved up and down
the boardwalk a bit just to be sure it was me they
were chattering about and they were on my every move.



--- Rob Sandelin <floriferous at msn.com> wrote:

> I hiked around Lord Hill Park on this fine sunny but
> coldish day. I sat and
> watched a hairy woodpecker work some alders quite
> low to the ground. After a
> bit a troop of chickadees arrived and to my
> surprise, several of them flew
> close and started chattering loudly while a couple
> of them actually dove at
> the woodpecker from above. The woodpecker flicked
> its wings each time one
> of the black and white bombers came down on him, and
> after a bit, the
> woodpecker retreated out of view. I have seen
> chickadees do something like
> this at a feeder towards other chickadees but never
> seen chickadees take on
> a larger bird.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Naturalist, Writer
> Snohomish County, WA
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Kathy
Roosting in Kent, near Lake Meridian
(chukarbird at yahoo dot com)


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