Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 12:31 pm
A day for knights and gypsies
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — It was a little chilly this morning, but male Great-tailed Grackles sat in pairs on powerlines, heads tossed way back and powerful bills straining toward the sky. Do they threaten each other all year round? Or are they beginning to think about families?
Now, the sun is warm, and the yellow-rumps are gadding about the slumbering limbs.
David J. Ringer
on 25 Jan 2006 at 10:48 am 1.vicki said …
I think their thoughts have turned to Spring…
While in Florida recently I saw many doves lined up on the wires- there were several parallel wires- and after some posturing it appeared as though two birds “completed a circuit.” Sadly one crashed to the ground. I had never seen that before.