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out and with a loud [[underlined]] ke - ke - ke - ke - ke - ke [[/underlined]] and went flying off tipping so that first one side was vertical and then the other. He kept this up for quite a distance about 50 ft. or more. He did this while giving the notes. Then the female flew out after him and did the same thing. I think that it was so
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mild and had been for so long that it was spring or else that they make love in the winter. They flew off quite a distance and drummed to each other. When hunting food they give a tak - tak - tak but when they are animated by love they make things hum. Then it sounds like tr - r - r - r - r - r Farther on I saw 3 Brown Creepers.