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Very active and loud at my local conservation area, there are atleast four or five breeding pairs which make the woods a very active place!
Northern Flicker in the back yard, poking through the grass sucking up ants. Zoom in to see an ant on her neck which escaped her tongue.
The Campo Flicker ('Colaptes campestris') is a large woodpecker that frequents open habitats such as grasslands and savanna, It often forages on the ground like our Northern Flicker.
Males have a red 'moustache' while the females sport a black one. The northern subspecies in these photos has a black throat.
It is distributed throughout much of central South America.
Image created on Oct 22, 2024 in the Pantanal Region of Brazil.
Northern Flicker found at Griffin Family Nature Preserve. Infrequent sighting for me. Showing off the yellow on his tail feathers.
iNaturalist link www.inaturalist.org/observations/176608471
Jenny Pansing photos
Backyard Ellicott City Maryland - male on the right has reddish neck - may be young as the black stripe was very faint
The bark, EUROPA, in the Antarctic at the Argentine Research Station, "Almirante Brown" (Admiral Brown).
with the lovely fall colors behind it.
Lowell Township, Michigan
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"Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants."
from allaboutbirds.org
Ahoy there, matey! So ye be landlubbin' on these veritable shores of Mutiny Bay, eh? Heard ye askin' 'bout those feathered critters, the Red-shafted Northern Flickers - the ones with salmon-colored undersides, feeding their juvenile charges? Well, ye've come to the right place!
See, these 'ere waters, Mutiny Bay - and the trees in which these woodpeckers dwell - be named for a bit o' ruckus back in the day. Some say British lads jumped ship and settled these parts, others whisper 'bout a mutiny by the Indian crew of a trading vessel, keen on the cargo and some whiskey, aye!
Now, those Northern Flickers, they be as common as barnacles on a boulder 'round these PNW parts. Ye can spot 'em easy – greyish brown backs with dark checked lines and spots on their bellies like sea charts speckled with black hearts.
And these ain't yer regular, tree-bound woodpeckers, mind ye. These flickers, they like to get down and dirty, hoppin' 'round on the ground, searchin' for ants and beetles with their long, sticky tongues. They've a proper knack for it, they do! Ye'll hear 'em too, a loud rattle or a sharp "klee-yer," sounds like a warning cry to stay off their bounty!
So next time ye spot one o' these Red-shafted Northern Flickers on Whidbey Island, remember the old tales of Mutiny Bay. And give 'em a nod, for they be a part of this island's wild spirit, just like the salty sea dogs of old (like me self).
Now, avast!
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They have chosen their mates, and their nesting place. Here, they are seen in their chosen trysting place.
Northern yellow-shafted flickers.
Colaptes auratus
A tiny northern flicker enjoys the blossoms of the giant saguaro on a very windy day in Apache Junction, AZ
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