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Photo of the Day: Nationalgeographic photography - Birds Fighting, Rondeau Provincial Park, Canada
nationalgeographic ^ | February 09, 2009

Posted on 02/09/2009 4:46:27 AM PST by JoeProBono

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Birds Fighting, Rondeau Provincial Park, Canada


1 posted on 02/09/2009 4:46:27 AM PST by JoeProBono
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Pecker fight.


2 posted on 02/09/2009 4:49:56 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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3 posted on 02/09/2009 4:52:46 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Gorgeous, and that is the red heads tongue the flicker has!! Never saw a flicker,would love to.


4 posted on 02/09/2009 4:54:37 AM PST by cajungirl (no)
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5 posted on 02/09/2009 5:01:05 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Never seen the flicker ~ maybe headed north this summer


6 posted on 02/09/2009 5:02:29 AM PST by incredulous joe (Cold - It's the NEW hot!)
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7 posted on 02/09/2009 5:08:37 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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8 posted on 02/09/2009 5:09:51 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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We always know when they have returned as they take great delight in knocking on the attic air vents. They are a type of woodpecker. dddddrrrrrt trilling the first two letters gives a good example of the sound they make while hammering on the vents. It sounds like about ten hits per second. and lasts about a second. They are fun to watch as they are pretty big birds.


9 posted on 02/09/2009 5:13:40 AM PST by wita
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I’m pretty lucky to have several species of woodpeckers (including these) in the area. My favorite is the Pileated woodpecker.


10 posted on 02/09/2009 5:15:43 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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Pileated woodpecker


11 posted on 02/09/2009 5:18:02 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Saw a couple of those in northern Ontario. Impressive bird, about the size of a crow.


12 posted on 02/09/2009 5:23:16 AM PST by kanawa
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13 posted on 02/09/2009 5:27:15 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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14 posted on 02/09/2009 5:28:49 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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I have them in my yard a lot. The funny thing is they bang away at the metal roof and drains on my garage almost as much as on the trees. I guess they must like the sound.


15 posted on 02/09/2009 5:29:21 AM PST by midwyf (Wyoming Native. Environmentalism is a religion too.)
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Isn’t it funny that the really old guy...is it Robert Bird? looks just like THIS bird.


16 posted on 02/09/2009 5:29:45 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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17 posted on 02/09/2009 5:30:30 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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18 posted on 02/09/2009 5:32:40 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Flickers share my back yard. They have lived there for years and years. Some how they co exist with robins and probe the exact same ground for eats.

We have no Red Heads but do have the spectacular Red Breasted variety.

We also have yellow breasted sapsuckers who have lived in the Virburnum bush for so long I don’t even remember.


19 posted on 02/09/2009 5:33:54 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
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20 posted on 02/09/2009 5:35:36 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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