Strange behaviour
1. No Peeking (msh0710-1 and msh0710)
The female flicker turned her head upside down and lay on the grass with her eyes closed and beak slightly open. She stayed like this for several minutes, looking up every once in a while. At first I though that she might be ill, but then she got up, preened a bit and resumed checking back and forth over the lawn for something to eat. I wondered if she was lying there to allow ants to crawl on her so she could eat them?
July 5, 2010.
Strange behaviour
1. No Peeking (msh0710-1 and msh0710)
The female flicker turned her head upside down and lay on the grass with her eyes closed and beak slightly open. She stayed like this for several minutes, looking up every once in a while. At first I though that she might be ill, but then she got up, preened a bit and resumed checking back and forth over the lawn for something to eat. I wondered if she was lying there to allow ants to crawl on her so she could eat them?
July 5, 2010.