HoosierBirdGal77
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Hello, I'm not only brand new to this forum , I am also new to birdwatching. I have set up a make-shift bird sanctuary in my back yard in Southern Indiana. I have 8 different types of feeders with 4 different types of seed or suet. I couldn't forget my 4 hummingbird feeders and then added a bird bath. I now spend all my free time out on my deck with my sweet tea, my lab, binoculars, and bird ID books.
Now, with all that said, can you guys help me identify what is actually going on here? This is the 5th time I've witnessed this behavior ,so I finally was able to catch a grainy pic from my phone. What you can't see on the other side of the snowman feeder (it was a Christmas gift and it's perfect for sunflower seed, so we have Christmas in July around here) is a redheaded matching bird to the brown ones doing the "dance."
My uneducated guess is it's either a fledgling following the mom around begging for food (do they do that?), or it's a mating dance type thing. Usually there are two brown ones following the red-headed one,as BOTH of them do this dance.
Thanks and I look forward to your answers.
PS-Ignore the mess in my backyard. I was cleaning out under our shelter house and got attacked by a hive of wasps. It's been sitting like this ever since. I'll get to it soon... Ish.
https://youtu.be/LdW1lnPgr4M
Now, with all that said, can you guys help me identify what is actually going on here? This is the 5th time I've witnessed this behavior ,so I finally was able to catch a grainy pic from my phone. What you can't see on the other side of the snowman feeder (it was a Christmas gift and it's perfect for sunflower seed, so we have Christmas in July around here) is a redheaded matching bird to the brown ones doing the "dance."
My uneducated guess is it's either a fledgling following the mom around begging for food (do they do that?), or it's a mating dance type thing. Usually there are two brown ones following the red-headed one,as BOTH of them do this dance.
Thanks and I look forward to your answers.
PS-Ignore the mess in my backyard. I was cleaning out under our shelter house and got attacked by a hive of wasps. It's been sitting like this ever since. I'll get to it soon... Ish.
https://youtu.be/LdW1lnPgr4M
