Last week I saw four Northern Flickers within one block and on a bike ride today I saw two on one block. I have since been trying to learn more about them. Flickers make cavity nests and also love ants- so you often find them on the ground.
I am thinking that it is nesting time. I heard one busy flicker pecking aways at a telephone post. One pair was doing a 'dueling dance' making a cacophony of calls and fluttering their wings and tail feathers as they danced in around the wires extending from a telephone pole.
Urban nature exists and it is a joy to watch it and learn from it.
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