Every year the dawn chorus swells between February and late June. Birds on their way north stop off here and make some noise, and the resident nesters carry on finding mates and raising young, and in the case of eagles and ravens, eating everyone else's eggs.
This year, for whatever reason we have one northern flicker that has taken up residence around our house and flies from tree to tree to roof to tree making a huge noise. It laughs all the time - ALL the time - and then lands on top of the metal roofs or the transformers on the power poles in fron of our house and drums incessantly.
Have a listen to him laughing away.
So we are officially advertising for a mate for our randy flicker. Come and get him, females...he's hot to trot.
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Thanks for describing the northern flickers. We have a pair in the back, maybe the same one frequenting your house. It is delightful to hear and see birds in the morning, whether local or travelling through the area.
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