Male Northern Red-Shafted Flicker in Dawn Light
Species: Colaptes auratus
Subspecies: c.a. cafer
Order: PICIFORMES
Family: PICIDAE
Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado. Spring will soon be here. This flicker was looking for food and its favorite larvae, beetles, and other insects should then be abundant once again. I love its black polka-dot-on-white feathers (one dot per feather) and its black-scalloped plumage. Such masterful artistry!
Male Northern Red-Shafted Flicker in Dawn Light
Species: Colaptes auratus
Subspecies: c.a. cafer
Order: PICIFORMES
Family: PICIDAE
Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado. Spring will soon be here. This flicker was looking for food and its favorite larvae, beetles, and other insects should then be abundant once again. I love its black polka-dot-on-white feathers (one dot per feather) and its black-scalloped plumage. Such masterful artistry!