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Posted by KEN ARCHAMBAULT on 14:52:22 03/20/07
In Reply to: Loggerhead Kingbird there Monday a.m. posted by Mark Hedden
MORE NOTES RE LOGGERHEAD KINGBIRD: IT WAS COOPERATIVE FROM 5PM UNTIL SUNSET YESTERDAY, MONDAY, MARCH 19TH. I FIRST FOUND IT WITHIN MINUTES OF ARRIVING WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE SMALL PLANTED AREA WITH FOOTPATHS LINED WITH WHITE STONES NEAR THE "SCARECROW" WITH RAINBOW CLOTHING ARTWORK. THE BIRD EVENTUALLY MOVED OVER TO THE FORT VIEW TRAIL NATIVE PLANTING AREA (IT MOVES AROUND QUITE A BIT, EVEN SOMETIMES PERCHING IN THE PINE TREES). THE BIRD VOCALIZED FREQUENTLY, EXCEPT WHEN A MERLIN WAS PERCHED UP NEARBY. THE BIRD EVEN DISPLAYED ITS YELLOW CROWN PATCH, WHICH WAS VERY NICE. SOMETIMES, IT PERCHES UP IN SNAGS AND IS VERY EASILY FOUND, BUT MORE OFTEN IT WAS IN THE MID-LEVEL OF THE TREES AND BUSHES, SOMETIMES WELL INSIDE THE VEGETATION OR CLINGING TO THE SIDES. MANY THANKS TO KEY WEST BIRDER KATHERINE MONTGOMERY, WHO GAVE ME MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOGGERHEAD KINGBIRD'S ROUTINE. -KEN ARCHAMBAULT, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
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