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Hermits, Blues & Rumps

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Fred Burggraf

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:49:24 -0500

My woods have filled up with HERMIT THRUSHES of late...each day I hear a chorus of clucks and chucks from most quarters of my property. Is this the case statewide? (I'm here in SE Charles Co.) 

Yesterday was quite birdy in my neighborhood, with hosts of ROBINS and CEDAR WAXWINGS. I also noticed a "partnership" that I've seen before but that I don't recall ever being discussed on Osprey: the apparent co-mingling of E. BLUEBIRDS and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. A large elm in the neighbors yards held a small group of bluebirds, and in the same tree were the warblers. As the bluebirds flew to other sites, the warblers followed. Then, on to another location, warblers in tow. This is not the first time I've seen this behavior...anyone know of this or witness this symbiosis? 

Fred Burggraf
Dentsville, MD