The first fledged band-tailed pigeons of the season have shown up at my feeders this morning. Some very odd behavior though, is for this past week, the BTPIs just roost on the branches above the platform feeder, but don’t come down to feed. There is a bully pine squirrel, half the size of the BTPIs, that comes down and harasses them and chases them off the feeder if they do land, and even off the nearby perching branches, continually. But they just fly to another branch and sit and stare at the feeder. I don’t get it; I’ve never seen this kind of behavior before that I can remember.
Jeff J Jones
Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands
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