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Old 07-23-2018, 11:49 PM   #3
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Heck, I don't know. I know just about nothing concerning species and genera relationships in birds. We do have golden finches that overwinter here, but the chickadees don't treat them like welcomed family.

I guess the gray rat snakes will eat any bird they can catch that is of proper size. Certainly the chickadees, gold finches, Carolina wrens and hummingbirds would suffice. The cardinals would need a larger sized gray rat to tackle them. And I guess a particularly large gray rat snake could tackle the doves that have infested us lately. Connie doesn't particularly like the doves because they hog the bird feeders and scare away the smaller birds. She just calls them "pigeons" anyway, which in bird talk is probably some sort of racial slur.