Hi all,
Yesterday I saw 8 Northern Flickers foraging together on the grass here on
Hungerford Rd. in Ithaca. Perhaps it's typical for Flickers to congregate like
this as fall approaches, but this is the most I've ever seen at one time. It's
possible there were a few more in nearby trees.
I got a late start on my trip to the lake. It was mid-afternoon. Light snowfall
had begun as I biked north on the path in Cass Park along Union Fields, and I
thought maybe this was a dumb idea. Then I began hearing persistent kleer
calls from a Northern Flicker ahead. What a treat in winter, if
