Before a week ago, I had observed Pileated, Hairy, Downy, Flicker, and Sapsuckers at one point or another (in past years) doing the ‘flicka-flicka’ type interaction where a pair (sometimes M-F, sometimes M-M) were ascending a pole or tree and playing hide-and-seek while doing this vocalization.
Although Red-bellied Woodpeckers abound in our yard, woods, and bark butter feeder, it was only a few days ago when I walked out to observe 2 males ascending a bare tree, with a female in an adjacent tree, one M doing a loud Wukka-Wukka at the other. New yard bird vocalization for me (yes, I’m reduced to that now….) ChrisP ______________________ Chris Pelkie Information/Data Manager; IT Support Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 On Mar 10, 2016, at 10:41, Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com<mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>> wrote: A very light sprinkle, and I'm working with the door open. There sure are lots of bird voices around my yard this morning! A Song Sparrow seems to be the only new arrival, unless there are newcomers among the Juncos that are trilling from all directions. But Cardinals, Robins, Jays, Crows, Ravens, Purple Finches, Goldfinches, all the recent regulars seem to have found their more exuberant voices. A Barred Owl is day-hooting from down in the direction of the West Danby Fire Station, Pileated Woodpeckers are working somewhere quite close, and a Red-bellied Woodpecker that hangs out around my shop broke from its usual querrs and chatters for a string of slow woika-woika-woika interaction calls - perhaps for a mate. Hundreds of Red-winged Blackbirds have gone over, and a few thousands of Canada Geese, all turning west-northwest, rather than continuing north toward Ithaca. I flushed a Ruffed Grouse from the thickets down in the orchard, and I see the Turkeys have been raking the ground aggressively there. No Fox Sparrows yet... -Geo Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
