Date: 4/20/26 10:38 am From: Fred Kaluza <fredkaluza...> Subject: [birders] Flickers
Sitting here inside and watching a pair of Flickers outdoors in bright sunshine and 40 degrees F. They’re on a branch about two feet apart and 50 feet up. They are perfectly synchronized and are staring at each other. Both have a red band at the base of their necks. One flares its tail and the other does not but…every ten seconds (for the last few minutes) they both waggle at each other for a few seconds then go motionless. Either a mating ritual or a territorial establishment exercise as I see it. Most things just happen too quickly and randomly for me to be fully prepared to capture it. I guess the rule is just to enjoy it if and when it happens. It that called “living in the moment”?
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