Hi all,
 Nancy, Alli and I are getting settled in our new home in southern  Carroll 
County. The huge pile of boxes (between 150 and 200!) is now just an  enormous 
pile. Things are beginning to get put away. What a huge collection of  stuff 
after 21 years in Ashton. 
 
Anyway, I have a few seed feeders put up around the side garden and a few  
hummingbird feeders as well. My yard list is now over 40, not bad for this time  
of year and the fact we've only been here a couple of weeks. I have an  
interesting behavior to relate, and wondered if anyone else has ever seen  anything 
like this. The other day (Saturday afternoon, I think) I was outside  
watching the feeders, when I saw a flycatcher come into the yard and land on  feeder 
pole. My first thought was it must be a phoebe, but it looked different.  I 
didn't have my bins, so went in to get them. After I came back out the bird  was 
gone but came back shortly. Then it began the "odd behavior". It started  
chasing a female House Finch all over the yard. When the finch would come to the  
feeder, the flycatcher would fly out after it, chasing until it was out of 
the  area. Very unusual. The flycatcher would then return to one of the poles,  
perching on top. It looked like an E. Wood Pewee, and when I finally got it in 
 my bins, it cinched the ID by giving a loud "PEEAWEE" from the pole top. All 
 this occurred within about 15-20 feet of the house, out in the wide open and 
at  least 150 yards from the woods where I regularly hear the pewee. Anybody 
ever  see or watch a pewee do this? 
 
I've never seen a pewee this far from woods and chasing another bird at  
feeders before. It was rather bizarre!
 
More to come from Woodbine,
Rick Sussman



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