Think you are on to something there Georgia. Would be surprised if titmice
fight to the death very often, but I could easily imagine a bird running
into a window attempting to elude the pursuit of a rival.
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Georgia McDonald <gmcdonald2006...>
> wrote:
>
> 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:
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>> 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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