Tonight we witnessed a 3-way Yellow bellied Sapsucker fight which may have been territorial. Three sapsuckers landed on a telephone pole on Meadowlark Rd just across the road where we were sitting on the stoop. A great screeching and squaking fight ensued with three in a fight and two coming out ok after a few mintues. Then the 2 remaining fighters flew around and around in circles at one point battling very close to the ground where my cat across the road perked up to see what all the screeching ruckus was about. The birds flew circles over us very close to our heads and all around the neighbor hood. Eventually, they, or at least one, ended up on a tree behind our house which is actually part of Sapsucker woods, and it seems somewhat ruffled. The other bird disappeared. What an interesting display of birds fighting. Therese
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