I have bluebirds nesting in a box at the corner of my backyard. They pretty much ignore the birds that come by the feeder, cardinals, nuthatches, chickadees, wrens even the blue jays but yesterday a starling landed on the feeder and the male bluebird immediately started dive-bombing him and kept it up until the starling left. Later in the day the first house sparrow that I have ever seen in my yard got the same treatment from both blue birds. Is it because they recognize the starling and HOSP as nest site competitors?
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spyonabird
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Posted 21 April 2012 - 01:20 AM
If they don't - THEY SHOULD!
Denise
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JimBob
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 12:23 PM
It sounds like they do! I have had Red-bellied WP dive-bomb Brown-headed Cowbirds. . . they seem to hate each other.
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2013: 220
Yard List: 85 Latest: Violet-green Swallow, Tricolored Blackbird
http://www.flickr.co...s/89595711@N08/
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