Re: [MDOsprey] Dickcissels Continue

Charlie Muise (cmmbirds@yahoo.com)
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:11:46 -0700 (PDT)


Gail,

Could you please give me directions to see these
Dickcissels?

Thanks,

Charlie 

--- Guineabird@aol.com wrote:
> Just returned from an unusually interesting time with the
> Oland Road 
> Dickcissels. 
> 
> Both males were highly visible & singing. However, after
> about 15 minutes 
> watching this delightful scene, things took a decidedly
> kinky turn when one 
> of the males tried to copulate with the other. The male
> made all the right 
> moves. He appoached from above & behind, wings beating to
> maintain midair 
> suspension, body jabbing. Meanwhile, the male/female
> perched on top of a tall 
> thistle plant & stayed put with tail raised high. The
> birds repeated this 
> action on two different thistle plants over a period 5 or
> 6 minutes.
> Any explanation for this behavior?
> 
> Gail Frantz
> Reisterstown, MD
> 

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Charlie Muise, Naturalist
Jug Bay Wetlands sanctuary
Next to the Beautiful Chesapeake Bay
Maryland, USA
cmmbirds@yahoo.com
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