We have video to help us with the answer to last week's "Light As A Feather" quiz. The fun part of this was that as I videotaping the bluebirds at their nest (who, as I type, are not far outside my trailer begging) I moved the tripod, looked down, saw the feather, and, within minutes, had the opportunity to get these clips:
The owner of the feather is, of course, Northern Flicker ("Red-shafted" or western race). It was kind of hard to keep up with his gyrations as he was bouncing around on that fallen tree chasing the ants - at about 12 seconds in notice how he tries to shake off the ants attacking his feet. The second flicker that makes a brief appearance is a fledgling. Congrats to those who answered correctly with so little to go on!
For this week we return to a "regular" photo and a bird that may be a little confusing in this plumage phase.
A couple of links of note: It's Friday so the latest edition of Loose Feathers is up at A D.C. Birding Blog and the 80th edition of I and the Bird is hosted this time around at The Hawk Owl's Nest.
Wow!
Cool, isn't it? Always fun to see great bird behavior!
Oh! Really a nice bird I Always like to see this great bird’s activities.
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