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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 somehow unusual Northern Flicker male with the burgundy colored moustache feeding at the nest.
May be a hybrid Red/Yellow Shafted Flicker?
Tokina AT-X 100-300mm f-4 MF Lens & Metabones NF-X-mount Adapter [150-450mm]
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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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 bird was methodically working the cobblestones of this driveway looking in between the stone for tasty morsels.
In the darkness the striking sound of matches echoed and in an instant the gentle dance of light and flickering warmth appeared !!
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. (Wiki)
Northern Flicker perching on an Agave mast high above Queen Creek with Weaver's Needle's peak peeking through the distant divide.
Northern Flickers spend a lot of their time on the ground digging for ants their favourite food.
Taken at Lakes Regional Park, Fort Myers, Florida.
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Had this beautiful visitors in my backyard yesterday. This is the first time I got them both together!
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A shot of a Northern Flicker taken last weekend In River Forks park here in downtown London. I was fortunate to get fairly close to this one so there was very little cropping in this shot.
This pair of Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) were among several that were flitting about in a bare tree at a local park this Spring. I posted a shot of three of them earlier. These birds were quite a distance away for this shot, across a body of water, but it helped that they were in direct sunlight.