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A fiercely florescent Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) feeding on Suet which is attached to the rail of our deck stairs.
The male really stood out with his nape colours. He has been making a nuisance of himself by hammering on our chimney cap. Typical Spring territorial behaviour, but it's a bit annoying!
This Northern flicker was seen in the Countrywood/Bancroft neighborhood of Walnut Creek, California.
Northern Flicker Intergrade (Colaptes a.auratus x cafer) Mill Creek area, Kelowna, BC. This fella popped out of a garden on the south side of the area, perched beautifully on this post for a few shots, then left for parts unknown. I'm grateful for the encounter! (364-38136)
For more on the different looks of Red-shafted vs Yellow-shafted Flickers, click this link: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker/photo-galler...
New Britain Pa.
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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.
Two male Yellow-shafted Flickers called from opposite sides of a very large tree at Lake St. Clair Metropark.
The Red-shafted Flickers are common in western States; Yellow-shafted is more common in eastern States. Both are called Northern Flicker.
Hey Mel and Sandra the male also showed up. The two flickers have been visiting almost every morning this week. They chat a lot. The nice weather is great with the birds. They are numerous, happy and in very healthy conditions.
After an afternoon of ducks and seagulls it was a nice change to focus on the northern flicker who just flew nonchalantly into my scene.
This male northern yellow shafted flicker (Colaptes auratus) seems to have laid claim to this hollow tree, going in and out regularly as well as calling loudly while perching in the entrance. Announcing to all comers that this is his.
This Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted Flicker) was really working a dead tree trunk, relentlessly rearing his head back, and thrusting his bill forward into a hole he was opening in the trunk. Small wood chips and dust were blown onto his face, and he furiously scratched his head with his right foot. I think something irritated his eye, which was closed during the scratching (as can be seen in the picture).
The gilded flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large-sized woodpecker (mean length of 29 cm (11 in)) of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Colorado Desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico including all of the Baja Peninsula except the extreme northwestern region. Golden yellow underwings distinguish the gilded flicker from the northern flicker found within the same region, which have red underwings.
The gilded flicker most frequently builds its nest hole in a majestic saguaro cactus, excavating a nest hole nearer the top than the ground.The cactus defends itself against water loss into the cavity of the nesting hole by secreting sap that hardens into a waterproof structure that is known as a saguaro boot. Northern flickers, on the other hand, nest in riparian trees and very rarely inhabit saguaros. Gilded flickers occasionally hybridize with northern flickers in the narrow zones where their range and habitat overlap.
Los Angeles. California.
Northern Flicker at Springton Manor County Park.
I am always very pleased when I am able to get close to one of these skittish beauties
Species 115 for the Challenge 150
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Alas, our flicker nest is not to be. I spotted a squirrel in the hole this morning who appears to have forced out the birds. Hopefully there were not already eggs in there...
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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Pulsating or flickering auroras typically follow after a major substorm. They might be caused by electrons bouncing back and forth from pole to pole. Neat to watch but tough to shoot except on video. A substorm is a usually brief outburst or brightening and increase in motion that might last only a few minutes before subsiding. And after it subsides the aurora can sometimes turn into a pulsating form. Never gets tired of seeing the northern lights. I can understand why people travel around the world to see them. After years of photographing this natural phenomenon I still find it beautiful and fascinating every time.
This is a distinct flicker species found in southern Mexico south through parts of Nicaragua. Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Guatemala.
The red mustache stripe and red underside of the tail are obvious on this beautiful male red-shafted flicker. Spotted in Glacier National Park, Montana.
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More photography of Glacier National Park.
Wind ruffles feathers of a male red-shafted Northern Flicker. These woodpeckers fascinate me. When a Pileated Woodpecker paused near a Northern Flicker yesterday, the flicker woodpecker looked small and dainty.
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Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with a gentle expression and handsome black-scalloped plumage. On walks, don’t be surprised if you scare one up from the ground. It’s not where you’d expect to find a woodpecker, but flickers eat mainly ants and beetles, digging for them with their unusual, slightly curved bill. (All about birds).
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