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I spotted this Northern Flicker feeding on the ground further up the path. I slowly walk closer shooting as I went, trying to stay well off the opposite side of the path from where the woodpecker was. She was watching me and drilling for likely ants or such and I walked slowly stopping when she seemed nervous and kept as far from her as the path allowed. She needed this food and I was not in a rush, I allowed her to feed and moved past her and she kept at it. I got some good images and she got breakfast.
on the last day of summer, Sept 21st, I had a flurry of unexpected garden visitors, almost as if they were stopping to say goodbye on their way south somewhere...
This bird is showing signs of hybridization with it's cousin the Yellow-shafted Flicker. They are the yellowish tones to the outer primaries on the underwing and the red crescent on the nape. There is also a hint of black in the malar stripe. This shot was taken at Sonoma State University campus.
Male Northern Flicker
I've been having fun observing our regular birds, and now a flicker pair, as they visit our backyard for a sip of water.
This will be the last of the Flicker imagers. It has been included to demonstrate Flickers have tongues longer than other Woodpecker allowing them to harvest ants, one of their major sources of calories. For the serious birders, these are Yellow-Shafted Flickers.
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I was able to do a little bird photography while up at Silver Lake.
The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) or common flicker is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate.
On the side of the trail last week, as I neared home following my walk to the park, this Northern Flicker, hungry enough to not mind my presence.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is bustling with Northern Flickers, this male was doing its best to impress.
Wikipedia: The northern flicker or common flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. Over 100 common names for the northern flicker are known, including yellowhammer (not to be confused with the Eurasian yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)), clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket, heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, and gawker bird. Many of these names derive from attempts to imitate some of its calls. It is the state bird of Alabama.
Conservation status: Least Concern
I heard a knocking sound outside our house. We've continued to have occasional visits to our siding by the nuthatches, so I went out to see if they were at it again. But, no, this time it was a flicker working the dead center column of our big leaf maple tree. It'd be great if we get flickerlings!
If they say
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are
We're quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do
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Pássaro Silvestre
Pica-pau-do-cerrado
Campo Flicker (Nome em Inglês)
Colaptes campestris (Nome CientÃfico)
Observação de Pássaros em
Parque da Cidade de BrasÃlia
BrasÃlia, Brasil
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Backyard Ellicott City Maryland - male on the right has reddish neck - may be young as the black stripe was very faint
This encounter was pretty special to me for a couple of reasons. One' is that I believe that this is a youngster, and secondly, it flew to one of my maple trees, where it is seen here.
It has been quite a while since I have seen them visiting the neighbourhood. I had seen them nearby recently, but was just returning home in my car and did not have my camera. On this day I was able to get some pictures of it before and after this when it was on a nearby utility pole. Although those shots were unobstructed, by far I liked this shot the best even though it was obstructed by parts of the tree.