VTBIRD for Wednesday, January 23, 2002

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Subject: flicker-grosbeak "duet"
From: Chris Rimmer <crimmer(AT)vinsweb.org>
Date: 23 Jan 2002 8:59am

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I had an interesting encounter on the VINS preserve this morning.   A lone
male
Evening Grosbeak (decidedly uncommon in these parts this winter) was calling
persistently from the top of a tall sugar maple.  Suddenly it was answered
by a
Northern Flicker, most likely the same bird I saw and heard here on 4 Jan,
though not since.  The two countercalled back and forth for 3-4 minutes from
about 100 yards away before the flicker flew off at my approach.  Hard to know
what was being communicated in that exchange!

Chris

Chris Rimmer
Vermont Institute of Natural Science
27023 Church Hill Road
Woodstock, VT 05091
802-457-2779 ext 120
<www.vinsweb.org> 
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