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and elegant. I think there may well be two pairs this ear. One is frequently in the scrubby elm outside my study window. I think I have found the nest in a great tangle of honeysuckle under the dining room window. I won’t search for further proof and take a stool to allow me to reach up and check the nest contents. That would be a breach of etiquette; a breaking of the rules of good behavior established between the catbirds and myself.
Another pair is surely nesting on the thick growth of privet that separates the side yard from U.S. 522. This pair are on the opposite side of the house from the “honeysuckle” catbirds. I have observed no catbird disputes over property boundaries.
When I sit in the side yard the catbird invariable turns up. It seems he is interested in me and tries to mask his curiosity by searching for insects in the great elm tree. As usual, the two catbirds are always together.
When I put out a fresh contribution of bird seed, the chickadee and titmouse arrive almost immediately to pick out a sunflower seed before the grackles descend to devour everything.
The Mourning Dove f§eds in a quiet, determined way: peck, peck, peck. Doves pay no attention to the aggressive and noisy grackles. I watched a face off between a grackle and a dove. The big dove outstared the grackle and won complete control of the platform feeder until he finished: peck, peck, peck.
There is much to watch and even more on which to speculate. I wonder how I find time to write these columns.
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