Interesting observation, Anne. A few months ago, we were startled by a banging sound on our back door at night. When I went to look, I found a flicker appearing to fly into the door repeatedly, but which might have just been it trying to perch on the wooden door edge (where it meets a glass pane). We wondered if the flicker had been startled from a roost and was confusedly trying to get purchase on the door. Above this door, on the back roofline, there is a gap in the underside which we knew had been used for roosting by someone, based on the droppings below. We suspected the flicker had been roosting in that hole because it was often seen in the area. The flicker might have been startled from its hole and trying to climb back into it. I don’t remember when exactly this was, but it was definitely winter (January or February).
We’ve also had a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker banging on our drainpipe every morning for the past week or so. Carolina Wrens are sitting on eggs in my garage, and an Eastern Phoebe is building a nest on the back porch (with a female cowbird watching surreptitiously). On April 2, I saw ~10 Rusty Blackbirds at Sapsucker Woods. Despite the snow, spring is here! Robyn From: bounce-124538704-15067...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-124538704-15067...@list.cornell.edu> On Behalf Of AB Clark Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 12:23 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Flicker taking refuge on a trunk face A pair of flickers just followed one after other up trunk of large ash, on E side of tree. After one flew, the other has clung to the trunk, with its head folded back, bill down into its feathers, in “roosting” position, if you can imagine. A red v located very weirdly at the top off the body., Now it has turned to preening, after about 4 min in its “face in feathers” posture. These are FOY Flickers seen in my yard. Other than that, I and the sparrows are impressed at how aggressive purple finches are, not just males. Anne B Clark 147 Hile School Rd Freeville, NY 13068 607-222-0905 anneb.cl...@gmail.com<mailto:anneb.cl...@gmail.com> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
