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[Oligobird@xxxxxxx]

Talk about Sex in the City! Our downies have been running around in pairs for 
a while, but yesterday there were three females chasing around the trees. Kay 
suggests mother driving off last years brood, or do they fight over the guys? 
Then a wonderful event, our Pileated showed up with a female. He started to 
attack the base of a stump close to the ground, disturbing the resident pair of 
Carolina Wrens, who scolded him roundly. Then this AM I was alerted to two 
larger black and white forms, a pair of female Hairy Woddpeckers (only numbers 
3 
and 4 ever seen in the last three years here). They were close together, 
sitting still for a while, then stiffening, elongating and pointing those large 
bills to the sky, followed by a chase to another tree. Then repeated all over 
the yard.  The male showed up later on. Our flickers were also chasing an 
"extra" female around two days ago. No sapsuckers recently, they are here in 
late 
fall and early spring. For some reason, the Red Headed have become summer 
residents (two pairs close around), showing up from time to time in winter, but 
frequenting a neighbours feeder in winter. Their favourite ancient tree close 
to 
our land was knocked over last fall. Even with the "usual" suite of winter 
birds, there is so much to see. Now we plan the Prairie Chicken trail to 
observe 
both species on leks, all the way to W. Oklahoma and the Colorado border. 
Cheers. Ralph and Kay Brinkhurst, Lebanon, Wilson Co.

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