[NatureNS] Purple Finch hover flight

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From: Diane LeBlanc <dianeleblanc616@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 17:42:45 -0300
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I’ve noted that behaviour for a couple years now and I assume it’s a courtship display.  I’d be interested to know more about it! 

Diane

> On Apr 5, 2020, at 3:44 PM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I had not seen this behaviour by Purple Finches before today: Several brightly singing birds would take off from their treetop perches with fast whirring wings and proceed to a nearby tree in the manner of a helicopter rather than the usual finch flight and resume singing.  Perhaps part of their song display? Fun to watch these levitating birds. 
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> Nancy D
> East Dalhousie, Kings Co. 
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> Sent from my iPad

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