[cayugabirds-l] Flicker taking refuge on a trunk face

[AB Clark]

A pair of flickers just followed one after other up trunk of large ash, on E 
side of tree. After one flew, the other has clung to the trunk, with its head 
folded back, bill down into its feathers, in “roosting” position, if you can 
imagine.  A red v located very weirdly at the top off the body., 

Now it has turned to preening, after about 4 min in its “face in feathers” 
posture.

These are FOY Flickers seen in my yard.  Other than that, I and the sparrows 
are impressed at how aggressive purple finches are, not just males.


Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
607-222-0905
anneb.cl...@gmail.com




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[cayugabirds-l] Raptor Videos

[Peter Saracino]

In case you're not on the Facebook "Raptor I.D." group.
Jerry Liguori has asked to let folks know that a friend of his is uploading
several hundred of his bird videos to youtube for everyone's
education/enjoyment. There are already a few hundred uploaded and more
coming. You can find them here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqJ4bRdTj0d9BFxCxdtGpw/videos
Enjoy!
Pete Sar

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Flicker taking refuge on a trunk face

[Robyn Bailey]

Interesting observation, Anne.

A few months ago, we were startled by a banging sound on our back door at 
night. When I went to look, I found a flicker appearing to fly into the door 
repeatedly, but which might have just been it trying to perch on the wooden 
door edge (where it meets a glass pane). We wondered if the flicker had been 
startled from a roost and was confusedly trying to get purchase on the door. 
Above this door, on the back roofline, there is a gap in the underside which we 
knew had been used for roosting by someone, based on the droppings below. We 
suspected the flicker had been roosting in that hole because it was often seen 
in the area. The flicker might have been startled from its hole and trying to 
climb back into it. I don’t remember when exactly this was, but it was 
definitely winter (January or February).

We’ve also had a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker banging on our drainpipe every 
morning for the past week or so.

Carolina Wrens are sitting on eggs in my garage, and an Eastern Phoebe is 
building a nest on the back porch (with a female cowbird watching 
surreptitiously).

On April 2, I saw ~10 Rusty Blackbirds at Sapsucker Woods.

Despite the snow, spring is here!

Robyn

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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Flicker taking refuge on a trunk face

A pair of flickers just followed one after other up trunk of large ash, on E 
side of tree. After one flew, the other has clung to the trunk, with its head 
folded back, bill down into its feathers, in “roosting” position, if you can 
imagine.  A red v located very weirdly at the top off the body.,

Now it has turned to preening, after about 4 min in its “face in feathers” 
posture.

These are FOY Flickers seen in my yard.  Other than that, I and the sparrows 
are impressed at how aggressive purple finches are, not just males.


Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
607-222-0905
anneb.cl...@gmail.com



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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flicker taking refuge on a trunk face

[khmo]

Reminds of one here the last few days who has been probing the same 10
square feet of grass. 

We had a handsome male Towhee here today double-clutching for hours to
move snow while seed searching.

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On 2020-04-10 16:22, AB Clark wrote:

> A pair of flickers just followed one after other up trunk of large ash, on E 
> side of tree. After one flew, the other has clung to the trunk, with its head 
> folded back, bill down into its feathers, in "roosting" position, if you can 
> imagine.  A red v located very weirdly at the top off the body.,  
> 
> Now it has turned to preening, after about 4 min in its "face in feathers" 
> posture. 
> 
> These are FOY Flickers seen in my yard.  Other than that, I and the sparrows 
> are impressed at how aggressive purple finches are, not just males. 
> 
> Anne B Clark 
> 147 Hile School Rd 
> Freeville, NY 13068 
> 607-222-0905 
> anneb.cl...@gmail.com 
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Chipping Sparrow

[Bill Roberts]

We have had White-throated Sparrows and Song Sparrows in our yard and
yesterday our first Chipping Sparrow of 2020 arrived. I will post some
photos on eBird.

Bill Roberts
Aurora

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[cayugabirds-l] Cowbirds II

[Peter Saracino]

I suppose EVERY cowbird now returning to the Northeast had foster parents!!
The ultimate case of "drop and run"
Sar

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[cayugabirds-l] Cowbirds

[Peter Saracino]

I was having a cup of coffee looking out the window at 3 male and 3 female
cowbirds going at the sunflower seeds. As I watched them it dawned on me
that all of them were raised by foster parents!!!
According to the Lab of O:
"the cowbird does not depend exclusively on a single host species; it has
been known to parasitize over 220 different species of North American
birds".
Crazy, wild stuff.
Pete Sar

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cowbirds

[Michael H. Goldstein]

Cowbirds are crazier than you think…check out the research by Meredith West and 
Andrew King on the role of female cowbirds (who don’t sing) in shaping the 
development of juvenile males' song by using rapid wing gestures:  
http://www.indiana.edu/~aviary/Research/female%20visual%20displays.pdf and more 
generally, http://www.indiana.edu/~aviary/Publications.htm

Cheers,
Mike



On Apr 10, 2020, at 7:49 PM, Peter Saracino 
mailto:petersarac...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I was having a cup of coffee looking out the window at 3 male and 3 female 
cowbirds going at the sunflower seeds. As I watched them it dawned on me that 
all of them were raised by foster parents!!!
According to the Lab of O:
"the cowbird does not depend exclusively on a single host species; it has been 
known to parasitize over 220 different species of North American birds".
Crazy, wild stuff.
Pete Sar
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