Catherine Babault on Nostr: Tuesday morning I went to check the 'cougar area'. I was walking slowly and quietly ...

Tuesday morning I went to check the 'cougar area'. I was walking slowly and quietly on a dirt trail, stopping every few metres, listening, watching, when I saw two identical birds bathing in the dirt. I couldn't identify them but they were shaped like Northern Flickers. It turns out that there are female Red-shafted Northern Flickers (photo on the left). I assumed male & female looked the same. Photo on the right: male for reference.

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