. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Red-shafted Flickers Taken in Oregon singer, or instrumental maestro; but so long as the great orchestra of Nature is rendering the oratorio of life, there will be place for the drummer, the screamer, and the utterer of strange sounds, as well as for the human obbligato. The Flicker is first, like all other woodpeckers, a drummer. The long rolling tattoo of early springtime is elicited from some dry limb or board where the greatest resonance ma
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Red-shafted Flickers Taken in Oregon singer, or instrumental maestro; but so long as the great orchestra of Nature is rendering the oratorio of life, there will be place for the drummer, the screamer, and the utterer of strange sounds, as well as for the human obbligato. The Flicker is first, like all other woodpeckers, a drummer. The long rolling tattoo of early springtime is elicited from some dry limb or board where the greatest resonance may be secured, and it is intended both as a musical performance and as a call of inquiry. Once, as a student, the writer roomed in a large build- ing, whose unused chim- neys were covered with sheet-iron. A Flicker had learned the acoustic value of these elevated drums, and the sound of this bird's reveille at 4:00 a. m. was a regular feature of life at 'Coun- cil Hall.' "The most charac- istic of the bird's vocal efforts is a piercing call delivered from an ele- vated situation, clape or kly-ak, and cheer or kee- yer. The scythe-whet- ting song is used for greeting, coaxing or ar- gumentation, and runs from a low wee-co, wee-co —through wake-up, wake- up, wake-up—to an em- phatic wy'-kle, wy'-kle, wy'-kle, or, in another mood, sounds like flicker, flicker, flicker. "In the early days of April, courtship is in progress, and the love- making of the Flicker is both the most curious. Photo by A. W. Anthony NEST AND EGGS OF RED-SHAFTED FLICKER IO42. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Franci
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