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Livorno

Northern Flicker, yellow shafted

The Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides) is a large-sized woodpecker (mean length of 29 cm (11 in)) of the Sonoran, Yuma, and eastern Desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico including all of the Baja Peninsula except the extreme northwestern region. Golden yellow under wings distinguish the gilded flicker from the northern flicker found within the same region, which have red under wings. Wikipedia

This beautiful Gilded Flicker was flying around Golden Valley Arizona.

Northern Flicker taking flight. Seen at Veterans Oasis Park in Chandler Arizona. I love the salmon-colored underwings.

I took advantage of a sunny morning today and drove out to Montana de Oro. I parked by the Ranch House and was sitting and sipping my coffee when I noticed two birds chasing each other around. That got my attention! I quickly got out my camera and tried to capture the action. They flew up several times in a very aggressive manner.

It's official....................we're friends.

Luzern

Lucca

Northern Flicker (Red-shafted female)

Colaptes auratus

ORDER: Piciformes

FAMILY: Picidae

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker/overview

Colorado Springs, CO

Piazza del Campo

Siena

Praha - Prague

Early morning in winter

Hiding in the downed tree,s.

Portovenere

This is a northern flicker at Cherry Creek State Park, Colorado, at the Smoky Hill group picnic area.

It's a "common" bird up here.

Bonifacio

France

Cordoba

Bruxelles

Luzern

Labelle, Idaho

Roma

Calvi

Corsica

This flicker is a female, western, red-shafted.

An Intergrade Northern Flicker pausing form its sunflower seed snack. This Woodpecker is a cross between the Red-shafted Northern Flicker and a Yellow-shafted Norther Flicker. This beautiful Woodpecker has the red nape crescent, a characteristic of the male Yellow-shafted Flicker. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.

Labelle, Idaho

Piazza dei Miracoli

Pisa

Firenze

Campo Cecina

Carrara

Backyard birding with window filter. St.Albert Alberta

American Falls Reservoir, Idaho

A family gathering of Flickers. First there was one followed singly by two others. They would animatedly "talk" to each other then turn stock still. This process would repeat it self many times during the following 10 minutes before I left. I've never seen anything quite like it.

(male yellow-shafted type)

A bathtub blind shot from December 2021.

This Flicker shot was my favorite of a series in terms of the setting on my deck rail and the coating of snow on the rock. I did not post it because the focus on the head was not very good. I posted a sharper shot, but it was not as pleasing in terms of composition.

I have new tools since 2021, so I decided to rework the raw file. If you zoom in, you will see the focus on the head is not perfect, but it is much better than my original processed shot.

"Fruits in B&W" "Crazy Tuesday Theme" "7DWF"

Carrara

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Central Park, NYC, NY

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Duomo di Lucca - Cattedrale di San Martino

Luni Antica

Fort Washington S.P. Pa.

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Northern Flicker(m) aka Yellow-shafted Flicker on a vine in this full frame aka zero cropped image....

A very co-operative Northern Flicker (m) in the early morning sunlight. While the Flicker was foraging in the grass I was able to stay low and capture a few photos.

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