At 9:38 PM -0700 5/30/05, Rob Sandelin wrote:
>My attention was diverted from this domestic tranquility by a flicker who
>was hopping up and down on the ground, flying up a foot or so, then landing
>again, then flying up again. Each flight covered 2-3 feet, almost like a
>long jump. I have no idea why the bird might be doing this, it was quite
>odd, even bizarre. The bird went boinging down the slope in several large
>jumps, not unlike a minature kangaroo. By this time my threshold for stump
>sitting had been exceeded so I made my way back to camp and breakfast.

Flycatching, perhaps?
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Rob Saecker
Olympia
rsaecker at thurston.com