Based Northern Flicker Deals With An Invasive Starling

The snow is quite deep, the bird bath is frozen so we converted it into a temporary feeder for the many birds who are sheltering under the trees. Unfortunately a Starling decided, or was desperate enough, to ignore the warning to stay away and got a fairly good beating from a Northern Flicker. Before you judge the lovely Flicker too harshly realize that the Starling is not indigenous and is in fact an invasive species who are harmful and aggressive with the native birds which is why the Flicker reacts so violently to it yet not the other birds.

This video is accompanied by Tree Stalk created by Paul (the jawshop) Clifford. Any of you who are interested in our audio loops can check out Paul's field recording channel to see how our unique audio is recorded.

The footage was recorded on a Campark trail cam.

Video edited by TS Ni hUiginn.

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