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Flicker Menage a Trois in the suburbs

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Jim and Ann Nelson

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Jim and Ann Nelson

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Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:19:06 -0400

I had a first this morning in our Bethesda backyard in Montgomery County.  I had been seeing and hearing a Northern Flicker in the neighborhood for several days.  Suddenly this morning two males and a female landed on the tree right outside our window and all three were raising their head feathers and spreading their tales.  Clearly the two males wanted the female to make a choice.  They moved around the tree and flew back and forth to other trees.  One of the males came to the house and drummed on our metal gutter.  I think that really impressed the female because it appeared that he won out.

Jim Nelson
Bethesda