Thursday's Bird Watch

Jeanette took this photo of these two Northern Flickers in Walnut Park here in Dallas on June 28th.  They were busy digging up ants and eggs from an underground ant colony. At a quick glance you might assume as I did that this is a male and female pair, but a closer look revealed that they both have red "mustaches", identifying them as both males.  Walnut Park is a small Dallas City Park located on SE Walnut Ave alongside Rickreall Creek at the intersection of Uglow Street, a short distance upstream from the Dallas Aquatic Center.  Once again, we feel fortunate to have so many good birding opportunities close by in our city parks.  This small, overlooked park is a favorite of ours, and we love to take our lawn chairs, and set up along the creek or in the shade of the giant cottonwood trees and watch and listen for birds.  And find them we do.  So far this year we have identified 65 individual species in this little hideaway.