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Looking for some help with this one. Photographed at Bosque del Apache NWR in May of 2011. Thought initially it might be a juvenile, but not at all certain.
There were plenty of javelinas at Bosque del Apache NWR. I was lucky to see this mother come out of the corn field with her baby. Wikipedia says the babies only weigh one pound when born and this one can't be much larger than that.
"Red-shafted" Northern Flicker, adult male
digiscoped through Leica APO Televid spoting scope with Leica C-Lux 2 camera Bosque Del Apache NWR, NM 11/17/07
Look at their rear ends. See how the feathers puff up and cascade over? It's like a bustle that women used to wear.
Sedge Wren at Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., NM, 160424. Cistothorus platensis, Passeriformes: Troglodytidae. AKA short-billed marsh wren
Long-tailed Duck at Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., NM, 190323. Clangula heymalis. Anseriformes: Anatidae.
Long-tailed Duck at Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro Co., NM, 180317. Clangula hyemalis. Anseriformes: Anatidae.