danged ol’ birds

Category: dribblings

The Northern Flickers give me the most trouble. I mean, you’d think with them being the state bird and all that they would be everywhere. But no, I rarely see them, and when I do? They ALWAYS fly away before I can get a decent picture of them.

The other woodpeckers, I see on a daily basis. The Yellow-bellied sapsucker, the red-headed woodpecker, they’re all over the place. And sure, when they see me they might fly to a different tree or scoot over to the shady side of the trunk, but they don’t fly far. And if I stand still a moment they tend to forget about me, or either figure I’m no big deal.

But those stupid yellowhammers are giving me fits.

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I think these two were flirting with each other (but I only saw them for 4 seconds so what do I know?) and then were all, “ABORT! ABORT!” and they flew 200 yards away like cowards.

stupid asshole birds.

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