Sapsucker menage a trois - or not

A highlight of the recent Audubon chapter spring bird walk was the antics of three Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers who were clearly trying to work out relationships among themselves. I assumed that there were two males vying for the attention of one female. But, instead of following them with binoculars, I snapped away with my camera. At home later, I realized that there were two females vying for one rather coy male. Here is a sampling from the entertainment ...

Good Birding!!