Hi all, First, did you Marsha see two males or one male and a female? If it was a pair then, I beg to differ from Marie and Kevin. Birds do feel sad and will try to help mate.
I have seen when the birds get hurt, other birds become curious and come to see what has happened. Recently, a female cardinal hit my car at the passenger door and collapsed on the road. I got distressed and I turned back to see if I could help. It must have taken a couple of minutes for me to turn around and come back to spot where the female had slumped on the road. By the time I came back male cardinal was sitting next to it and was trying to move her with the beak. I won't call it aggression. I think he was distressed that something has happened to his mate. She was bleeding badly. I picked her up and put her on the side of the road. Male stood nearby watching me. I also found a Red-winged Blackbird come and take a look at her too. Same was true for a pair of Orioles who had lost their fledgling to an accident. They stood next to the injured fledgling and tried to revive. I spent half an hour watching and both parents did not budge from the location. They did try to revive and move it to life. A ditto with a family of Common Miner in Australia, parent was hit by a car and it was shocked. If I had left the miner there, another car would have killed it. So I moved him away from the road. The whole family stood in a nearby tree and watched me and the injured miner. After I fed it with some water, it revived after about fifteen minutes it opened one eye. A little later with some more water he moved to a different branch, but still dazed but alive. As I left them and stood and watched second parent went to the injured bird and fledglings followed the parent. I could not wait much longer as I had to hit my campground. I hoped they would be reunited. Meena -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marie P Read Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:52 PM To: M Kardon; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] witnessed bird drama Hi Marsha (and all), Cool observation, but it doesn't sound like one bird helping another to me...I'd interpret this as a territorial fight, where one bird chased the other into the window (by mistake), and the pecking is aggression. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of M Kardon [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:09 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] witnessed bird drama Yesterday morning I heard the thump of a bird strike on the dining room window (the only one without a spider web decal on it, so maybe they work). I walked over to check for a downed bird, arriving within 10-15 seconds of the thump, and saw two Baltimore orioles on the grass just under the windows, one with its wings partially out and face down, the other standing right next to it. Within a second or two of my arrival at the window, the standing bird pecked the other bird on the neck, and the downed bird jerked and brought its head up, but then slumped again. The standing bird then called hoarsely, then immediately pecked the other bird even harder on the neck. This time it jerked again, then, within a second or two, both birds flew off into the woods together. I've never seen one bird help another in this way. It happened so quickly and was so surprising that I forgot to notice whether they were males or females or one of each. Marsha Kardon -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
