Dennis & Tweets,

It's my experience that here in the Tri-Cities in autumn that N. Flickers appear in groups of two to five or more and that solo sightings are the exception. On several occasions in autumn I've encountered groups containing one 'red-shafted' bird, one 'yellow-shafted' bird and two or three obvious intergrades, which has led me to suspect that these are family groups.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA denrockwell at surfbest.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Paulson
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:14 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] flickers in groups


Hello, tweets.

I have flickers coming to my suet feeders regularly, but I've noticed that they often come en masse. Just now four flickers (3 males and a female) swooped into the yard virtually as a group, and that seems much more often to be the case (but not always 4) than coming as individuals. They are somewhat aggressive to one another, but not that much. I suppose it's quite possible they are a family group, but I didn't realize they stayed in association this late in the fall. Has anyone else seen this phenomenon?

Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382


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