and I was lucky to be out observing the garden species and over my
head saw one catbird repeatedly approach another with bill raised
skyward and opening and closing, like silent singing, meanwhile what
I'm taking to be the resident male made lunging motions at this guy
and the presumed female (but really how can you tell, this could have
been a female pursuing another's mate) made her mewing sounds and
evaded... after a more definitive chase the third has not been seen
again ... I wonder which one won. Encounters like this seem to happen
most often in the feeding area, which has lots of cover, I've wondered
if showing off a food source helps in courtship. the times I've seen a
male hummingbird's courting dance it's been in proximity to a feeder.

Veer Frost, Passumpsic NEK
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