This flicker likes my chimney. It’s a perfect drum for establishing territory, possibly for protecting nearby nesting areas. She was here doing the same thing a year ago. How do I know it’s a “she”? The male red-shafted flickers have a red moustache slash. The females do not.
She hears another flicker and answers the call and then drums to assert her right to the territory.
And speaking of drumming up business, please visit my other blog site, annelisplace for everything related to books, reading, and writing. https://annelisplace.wordpress.com/2023/03/28/say-youll-come/
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March 28, 2023 at 12:00 pm
This is so fun, what a drummer! ❤️
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March 28, 2023 at 12:38 pm
Very fast. Imagine moving your head back and forth that fast.
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March 28, 2023 at 1:34 pm
We may have a broken neck!
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March 28, 2023 at 12:09 pm
How fun for both of you, Annelise.
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March 28, 2023 at 1:01 pm
Too cute Anneli. All we have here is a group of crows who clank around on our chimney cap and flashing. We did have a Northern flicker once who liked to climb our stucco. Birds are so interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing. Allan
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March 28, 2023 at 2:06 pm
I love birds. I guess you might have noticed that.
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March 28, 2023 at 6:41 pm
It must get pretty noisy this time of year!
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March 28, 2023 at 6:50 pm
It is! The flickers have visited the chimney several times in the last ten days, and I expect to hear them more often in the next little while – at least while they are marking out nesting territory.
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March 28, 2023 at 7:02 pm
I have at least one woodpecker that’s shown up at my place now — a Red-headed one. I’m not sure if it’s male or female, or if there’s a mate around. But it’s been interesting to see it working over the palm trees. I thought that was odd, but a friend in Florida says they also seek insects on palm trees there. In some ways it might be more efficient, since palms have bark that is lighter, and sometimes flakes.
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March 28, 2023 at 11:25 pm
I wonder if it’s a red-breasted sapsucker. They do that – makes holes in the trees and get insects and sap.
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March 28, 2023 at 9:15 pm
These drummers can get quite annoying around here. They drilled many holes into my wife’s art cabin in the backyard. But I cannot deny that they are pretty.
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March 28, 2023 at 11:25 pm
Sometimes we have to take the bad with the good.
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March 28, 2023 at 10:10 pm
Flickers are marvellous! I used to see them a lot when I had bird feeders. Thanks for sharing your recording.
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March 28, 2023 at 11:26 pm
I love seeing them around here.
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March 28, 2023 at 11:36 pm
I like this video and the “music”. Birds can be so much fun to watch.
Thanks for sharing.
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March 29, 2023 at 8:20 am
I like it too when the birds are communicating. Thanks for visiting, Ursula.
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March 29, 2023 at 5:37 pm
How fun and I love the video, Anneli. Skilled drummers, for sure. And I’ll visit your other blog too.
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March 29, 2023 at 7:07 pm
Thank you, Lauren.
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March 30, 2023 at 2:06 pm
What a sweet sound! ❤
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April 1, 2023 at 1:51 am
I remember staying in a cabin in Jasper years ago and having flickers chattering away outside. Woodpeckers of all sorts have such loud voices! Very cool to see (or hear) though.
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April 9, 2023 at 7:37 am
How interesting! Anneli, I didn’t know you had another site. Headed over there now.
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April 9, 2023 at 8:33 am
Thanks, Jennie.
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April 9, 2023 at 6:13 pm
You are welcome.
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April 11, 2023 at 11:26 am
Every spring, I look forward to hearing familiar songbirds.
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April 11, 2023 at 11:40 am
Yes, me too! What a beautiful sound after a long winter.
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