STRUTTIN BIRDS

nastygunz · April 19, 2009, 12:22:06 AM

WHEN WE THINK OF STRUTTERS IN NH WE ALL THINK OF THE MIGHTY TOM TURKEY IN FULL STRUT...BUT THE WORLD OVER BIRDS STRUT AND PUT ON A VISUAL DISPLAY TO ATTRACT THEIR MATES AND OFTEN ENTER THE FIELD OF COMBAT TO WIN A MATE..ONE OF MY BROTHERS HAD A FARM AND HAD A FLOCK OF PEAthingyS ROAMING THE GROUNDS.....THEY WERE GREAT WATCH DOGS AND WHEN ONE OF THE BIG MALES WOULD STRUT HIS FAN UP IT WAS TRULY SPECTACULAR....JUST AMAZING DISPLAY.....TODAY AS I WAS OUT LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD PHOTO OPS...IN THE RAIN....I STARTED WATCHING THE VERY ENERGETIC MATING BEHAVIOR OF THE COMMON REDWING BLACKBIRD...THE MALE BIRD WOULD FAN HIS TAIL WIDE AND PUFF HIS FEATHERS UP AND MAKE THE RED AND YELLOW PATCHES ON HIS SHOULDERS FLARE UP TO CREATE A VERY EYE CATCHING DISPLAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD CALL....THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE FEMALE BIRD TO PUFF UP HER FEATHERS AND MAKE A LOUD CALL....IN BETWEEN THEIR WERE MANY MALE BIRDS CHASING EACH OTHER FIGHTING OVER TERRITORY....QUITE INTERESTING AND UNIQUE DISPLAYS...HERES WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN THE PIX I TOOK TODAY...