Skirmish at Shakespeare Garden

A Flicker-Starling rumble in the Garden 5/12/06
Photo by Cal Vornberger

Photographer and author Cal Vornberger [Birds of Central Park] was present at the Flicker-Starling battle in Shakespeare Garden last Friday. He has put together a remarkable but gruesome little slide show of the drama. Here it is, if you have the heart for it.
http://www.calvorn.com/flicker.html

Meanwhile I've heard rumors that there's another flicker nest in another location where a different pair of flickers may have triumphed over the would-be usurpers. I'll keep you posted if I get more details. [And if the flickers really won. I promise I won't post another tale of disaster.]