[Birdtalk] More fun than River Lane

[Roostertael at aol.com]

Hi,
 
Bob Huntington, Bob McDougal and I went to River Lane this morning. We saw  
Colby about five minutes after he saw the parula. We got a glimpse of one that  
could have been but we are not sure.(I am thinking nemesis now)
 
 Anyway we saw a lot of birds. MacGillivray's Warbler, Nashville  Warbler, 
Wilson's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, Warbling Vireo,  Plumbeous 
Vireo, RED-EYED VIREO, Black-capped Chickadee, Barn Owl, Common  Nighthawk, 
Yellow-breasted Chat, Spotted Towhee, Blue Grosbeak male and female,  Blue-gray 
Gnatcatcher, and Western Tanager. I probably will remember a  couple more 
when I hit send. Yep, Virginia's Warbler.
 
Now for the more fun part;
 
When I got home I saw another adult male Rufous Hummingbird coming to my  
feeders. It came back three times and I could see it sitting in a tree watching  
the feeders. I decided to try for a photo using flash and see if I could get 
the  gorget to show. I had to take down the feeder he was coming to because it 
is  west of my deck and facing the sun. I knew I might not see him if I did 
that. I  was setting up the camera and tripod and checking the flash when a bird 
brushed  by hitting my shoulder. I turned around to see a Cooper's Hawk 
chasing a  hummingbird. Yes COOPER'S. It landed in the neighbors pine tree and in a 
couple  of minutes buzzed the feeder again. Missed both times. It landed 
across the road  in my other neighbors tree and I went to make sure which hawk it 
was. Big and a  rounded tail. WOW, what an encounter.
 
Never saw the adult rufous again.
 
Jack Binch

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