[obol] Aggressive Slate-colored Junco?

[Alan Reid]

I see a lot of sparring just among the male Oregon Juncos at my feeder area, 
though pretty much confined to just making an individual move a short 
distance.

Alan Reid  areid at peak.org
2 miles below Leaburg
on the McKenzie Hwy.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcia Marvin" <mmarvin at spiritone.com>
To: "obol" <obol at lists.oregonstate.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:15 PM
Subject: [obol] Aggressive Slate-colored Junco?


> OBOL,
>
> A Slate-colored Junco turned up in my yard last weekend.  I'm pretty
> sure it was not here all winter, since I kept a pretty good eye out
> for it.  Today I saw it again, foraging under the bird feeder.  An
> Oregon Junco landed nearby and faced off with it - for a second or
> two, at which point the Slate-colored lunged and when Oregon didn't
> land far enough away, Slate-colored chased it clear out of the
> garden.  I didn't notice a size difference between the two
> individuals.  Are Slate-colored the more aggressive, or do you think
> this was just a truculent individual?
>
> Happy spring!
>
> Marcia
>
>
> --
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> Shouldering its way and shedding the earth crumbs."
> Robert Frost, "Putting in the Seed"
>
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