I have seen a pair of Titmice fighting each other in a very vicious
manner. Could this have been the aftermath of such a fight?
Has anyone ever seen titmice fight to the death?
Georgia McDonald Towson, Balt Co
On 4/12/2013 6:25 PM, <Gyrfal...> wrote:
> this afternoon I looked out a floor to ceiling window to a small deck
> in my back, and there was a Tufted Titmouse vigorously pecking a dead
> bird of the same species. It continued this for many minutes,
> sometimes flitting off, but returning with a vengeance.
> My guess: the dead bird died from impacting a window
> Hypothesis: the birds were a mated pair and the one was trying to
> bring the other back to life.
> Other ideas?
> Photos obtained.
> Bob Mumford
> Darnestown
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