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This one appears to be an intergrade flicker with both black malar (moustache cheek) and the orange-red patch on the back of the head!
Although I am not a birder, I do love to see and watch birds. We tried to make this area one that birds—and Flickers—would continue to like. That's a snag I dragged home and my husband made it stand upright for birds.
The bokeh background comes naturally from the recent fog and dew on trees we had planted seven years ago.
It is late March and spring is in the air — Northern Flicker is among the relatively few species that overwinter in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and these two males are energetically displaying now that warmer weather has arrived. This scene unfolded in Fish Creek Provincial Park. Photo 2 of 4
This flicker has the facial markings that indicate it is a red-shafted version, but the wing feathers show yellow shafts, which would make it a yellow-shafted version. So, this individual is what is called an intergrade, a mix of the two.
The Northern Flicker (male) puts on a show with crest raised and tail fanned as he greets his mate atop the tree where their nest is. Flicker mom took her leave and the male then went on the feed the chicks.
Canatara Park, Sarnia, ON
A Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) rests during a frosty morning in the aspen woods east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
There are two varieties based on the colours of the tail feathers - the yellow and red shafted - with this being the yellow shafted variety.
17 January, 2023.
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In our backyard, a female Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) perches in the Maple tree, waiting her turn at the suet feeder
I heard the rat-a-tat-tat of this bird long before I saw him. He was working this dead tree perhaps 75 yards from where I first heard the sound. Only moments after I spotted him, he turned from his work and spotted me, allowing me only this single shot before he flew away. I think it's a Common Flicker, but would be happy for any ID help.
The Northern Flicker is one of the few North American woodpecker species that migrate. They breed in Canada and Alaska and winter in the southern United States and Mexico.
A large and common woodpecker of the saguaro cactus forests of the Sonoran Desert, the Gilded Flicker has the gray face and red mustache of the "red-shafted" form of the Northern Flicker, but the yellow wings of the "yellow-shafted" form. (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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We have a new photo subject in the yard... a neighbor has a tree with a hole htat is now occupied by a flicker. I've seen the pair around checking it out, but so far only the male in the cavity itself. Hopefully that changes soon, and perhaps in a few weeks we will have baby flickers.
This male Northern Flicker (yellow shafted) and his mate were one of our favourite subjects to photograph during our last trip to Florida. They were mainly seen foraging for ants on the ground so I was pleased to be able to get a different perspective when he briefly flew up into a tree.
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Not many ants around, so this flicker was rooting around in the grass for what ever was edible.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, March 21, 2025.
Colaptes auratus
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.
I will be leaving for a long business trip in far east tomorrow. Well, for all my flicker friends, I hope I have the time to browse and enjoy your new posting. If not, enjoy your week.
These birds are one of my favorite woodpeckers. They've been almost as hard to photograph in my area as pileated woodpeckers are. I was quite happy that this year, we've got two Flickers hanging around our house! Plus, it's just fun to post a photo of a Flicker on Flickr.
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