Aren't these some spectacular birds!
I was getting mundane chores done at home today, but everything came to a complete halt when in my peripheral vision I spotted some commotion in the yard. At first I said out loud, Awesome! Thankfully I then said, Get the camera, idiot.
It's possible there were three, two males and a female. This one on the ground appears to me to be a female because it is lacking the black line off the base of the bill, and the pair in the tree may be both males since they have that black line. I got a video also of the two in the tree (which Mike will have to post later), and I assumed it was a mating dance. Our field guide says when done between same sex it is for competition for territory or a mate. Leave a comment please if you can help with the identification.
I noticed this bird on the ground. Its movement made me think it was a woodpecker because of its quirky motion.
ReplyDeleteI live in Medford Lakes, Burlington county, NJ. We sit at the edge of the Pinelands. We get thrushes and red bellied woodpeckers, Pine siskins, but this was a new edition to the list