"Ant Eater"
Northern Flickers, fairly common woodpeckers in Michigan, don't often sit still for a photo-op. They are unusual among woodpeckers because they are often seen on the ground eating ants or beetles This Flicker was observed unearthing an ant "hill" at Lake St. Clair Metropark, Michigan. Her bill is coated with the soft black soil from her probing of the anthill.
A male Northern Flicker would have a black "moustache", which is lacking in the pictured bird.
"Ant Eater"
Northern Flickers, fairly common woodpeckers in Michigan, don't often sit still for a photo-op. They are unusual among woodpeckers because they are often seen on the ground eating ants or beetles This Flicker was observed unearthing an ant "hill" at Lake St. Clair Metropark, Michigan. Her bill is coated with the soft black soil from her probing of the anthill.
A male Northern Flicker would have a black "moustache", which is lacking in the pictured bird.