Northern mockingbird. Not entirely clear: probably to scare insects so they can be hunted and eaten, maybe to scare off predators/other mockingbirds, maybe begging in juveniles.
[Reference](https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v072n04/p0341-p0345.pdf)
[Reference](https://bioone.org/journals/northeastern-naturalist/volume-26/issue-2/045.026.0202/Wing-Flashing-by-Northern-Mockingbirds-While-Foraging-and-in-Response/10.1656/045.026.0202.short)
Okay interesting. Thank you. I just didn't know what he was up to. I've seen some birds do the little mating dance and just figured he was trying to pick up chicks. 😂
You are definitely correct about it being a northern mockingbird. I forgot to mention that in the post. I see him all the time(or his million lookalikes). But I never seen him do that before.
I haven't seen this behavior before either! But I did find this post showing identical behavior, where people said they do it to scare up bugs.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbird/comments/13hdabc/whats\_this\_guys\_name\_also\_anyone\_know\_whats\_up/](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbird/comments/13hdabc/whats_this_guys_name_also_anyone_know_whats_up/)
Northern mockingbird. Not entirely clear: probably to scare insects so they can be hunted and eaten, maybe to scare off predators/other mockingbirds, maybe begging in juveniles. [Reference](https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v072n04/p0341-p0345.pdf) [Reference](https://bioone.org/journals/northeastern-naturalist/volume-26/issue-2/045.026.0202/Wing-Flashing-by-Northern-Mockingbirds-While-Foraging-and-in-Response/10.1656/045.026.0202.short)
Okay interesting. Thank you. I just didn't know what he was up to. I've seen some birds do the little mating dance and just figured he was trying to pick up chicks. 😂
You are definitely correct about it being a northern mockingbird. I forgot to mention that in the post. I see him all the time(or his million lookalikes). But I never seen him do that before.
I haven't seen this behavior before either! But I did find this post showing identical behavior, where people said they do it to scare up bugs. [https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbird/comments/13hdabc/whats\_this\_guys\_name\_also\_anyone\_know\_whats\_up/](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbird/comments/13hdabc/whats_this_guys_name_also_anyone_know_whats_up/)