Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:08:27 -0400
Reply-To: "mimbrava@mindspring.com" <mimbrava@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender: Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: "mimbrava@mindspring.com" <mimbrava@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject: Re: Attack of the Flycatchers (seriously)
In-Reply-To: <005301ca50d4$21805db0$64811910$@com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
Jerry and all,
I'm afraid I can't address the flychatchers' behavior, but the bird-
human interaction reminds me of a recent Moment of Geek on the Rachel
Maddow show, which I share here for your amusement (though it's not
really about the topic, so forgive me):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeisOV4FAWw
Mim Eisenberg
Roswell
On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Jerry Brunner wrote:
> Dear Birders,
>
> About a year ago during a field trip to Johnson Ferry CNRA I was
> with about
> a dozen birders. As we birded the front area an Eastern Phoebe flew
> over and
> landed very near us. Then it flew up into the face of one of the
> birders. It
> made attempts to land on people's heads and when someone stretched
> out their
> hand it landed on it. The only explanation I could come up with was
> that
> perhaps this had been an injured bird that was rehabilitated by
> someone and
> then released. So it was used to people.
>
> Now it gets strange. Last night I was told a similar story of a
> flycatcher
> in Decatur landing on someone's rake when they were working. The
> bird would
> fly in their face and even pecked them in the eye. They aren't
> birders and
> identified the bird as a flycatcher by looking on the internet.
> This was a
> recent event and they live a long distance from the area this
> happened to
> us. So is this the beginning of an Alfred Hitchcock story or are we to
> assume it was the same bird traveling to another part of town
> looking for
> new friends. Or was it another rehabilitated and released flycatcher
> behaving the same way? Has anyone had similar experiences or have any
> possible explanations?
>
>
>
> Jerry Brunner
>
> Decatur
>
> **********
> To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to
> http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html
>
> To contact a listowner, send message to
> GABO-L-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
> To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to
> http://www.gos.org/gabo.html
>
**********
To search GABO-L archives or manage your subscription, go to
http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/gabo-l.html
To contact a listowner, send message to
GABO-L-request@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
To view GABO-L information/guidelines, go to
http://www.gos.org/gabo.html
| 
