[Birdtalk] New sighting @ SLCC

[John Morgan]

Side note about the female Mallard: could it be that birds can be influenced by human behavior? The lady duck sees lots of human females entering that particular door and thinks maybe she'll follow suit? Or better yet, lady duck sees other females not being chased by two male Mallards entering that doorway and thinks maybe those human gals have it all figured out?

OK, it could be the chemical smell of perms coming from the area appealed to the duck.
J
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  From: John Morgan 
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  Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 6:32 PM
  Subject: [Birdtalk] New sighting @ SLCC


  Saw three Yellow-Throated Warblers (or closely resembling) yesterday morning in trees immediately East of the Tech Building.
  Other than correct ID*, what's important is that I've never this bird in here in my 21 years on campus. So yeah...big deal/grand occasion for me :)

  The Redwood Campus seems to be the place to stop for birds traveling through during Spring and Fall.

  And those wacky mating Mallards! We had a female trying to enter the building into the Cosmetology area three days ago.
  John

  *I had no binoculars and no Sibley's....and I'm no Warbler expert. First look had me thinking Yellow-Rumped, but these guys were a bit smaller than YRWs.


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