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Normally they just eat bugs, but in this weather we get Northern Flickers coming to our feeder, sometimes up to three at a time taking turns. They really tear up these soft cylinders fast though.
Just before taking these photos I'd gone back inside the house and it was only as I turned around to have one last look on the feeders that I saw this beautiful northern flicker. A quick 180 and a slow approach back to the feeders and I was able to capture these photos
Colaptes auratus
Showing new spiky feathers and open eyes, the flicker babies are growing by leaps and bounds.
Soon they will be able to scrabble up the walls of this deep tree cavity, and meet their parents offering food.
Love this poem by Taryn Taylor - Flicker
A flame flickers from inside my spirit.
A candle caresses my core with strength.
Illumination burns, steady and brilliant,
Licking my insides with certainty.
A sensuous blaze melts deep resistance
As my soul sizzles in bright crackles,
Consuming me in sparks of defiance
And fueling me with possibility.
A glow of hope permeates my being,
Warm and persistent like the earth’s furnace.
Colors fold in roaring kaleidoscopes,
Laughing like fire in a swarm of heat.
Pulses of joy propel my feet forward,
As inspiration engulfs me in bliss.
On the 26th I headed to the park early to get in some fresh air. There weren't a lot of people so I was very happy.
As of this morning the 28th all provincial parks have been closed to vehicle traffic in an effort to curb the spread of the Coronavirus. I was happy that I managed to get one last visit there. I went this morning to find the gates closed. Several cars were parked along the roadway as people decided to trek into the park.
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Taken through the front window, as the Flicker preened, scratched and stretched for over 10 minutes. The Flicker was very methodical in preening, it appeared as though every feather was worked on.
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) feeding in the grass at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in the Bow River Valley in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
13 May, 2017.
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Northern Flickers spend lots of time on the ground, and when in trees they’re often perched upright on horizontal branches instead of leaning against their tails on a trunk. They fly in an up-and-down path using heavy flaps interspersed with glides, like many woodpeckers
Surrey BC Canada
A female Northern Flicker (Red-Shafted) flew in and landed on our Mr. Adams Pine tree, before flying to the Suet feeder.
She came by to join my two male flicker friends.
She is in almost in the exact same pose as I took of one of the males a little while back!
Ahoy there, matey! So ye be landlubbin' on these veritable shores of Mutiny Bay, eh? Heard ye askin' 'bout those feathered critters, the Red-shafted Northern Flickers - the ones with salmon-colored undersides, feeding their juvenile charges? Well, ye've come to the right place!
See, these 'ere waters, Mutiny Bay - and the trees in which these woodpeckers dwell - be named for a bit o' ruckus back in the day. Some say British lads jumped ship and settled these parts, others whisper 'bout a mutiny by the Indian crew of a trading vessel, keen on the cargo and some whiskey, aye!
Now, those Northern Flickers, they be as common as barnacles on a boulder 'round these PNW parts. Ye can spot 'em easy – greyish brown backs with dark checked lines and spots on their bellies like sea charts speckled with black hearts.
And these ain't yer regular, tree-bound woodpeckers, mind ye. These flickers, they like to get down and dirty, hoppin' 'round on the ground, searchin' for ants and beetles with their long, sticky tongues. They've a proper knack for it, they do! Ye'll hear 'em too, a loud rattle or a sharp "klee-yer," sounds like a warning cry to stay off their bounty!
So next time ye spot one o' these Red-shafted Northern Flickers on Whidbey Island, remember the old tales of Mutiny Bay. And give 'em a nod, for they be a part of this island's wild spirit, just like the salty sea dogs of old (like me self).
Now, avast!
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I was looking down at the lake with many red winged blackbird, robins, cedar waxwings and house finches, when this Northern flicker landed on a tree just out from me. Got a few shots before it moved on.
Northern Flickers spend lots of time on the ground, and when in trees they’re often perched upright on horizontal branches instead of leaning against their tails on a trunk. They fly in an up-and-down path using heavy flaps interspersed with glides, like many woodpeckers
Surrey BC Canada
When we visited Yosemite earlier this month we took a drive to a more remote area of the park. I was walking slowly through the forest when I saw a flash of orange in the distance. I had seen Flickers nesting in this area in previous years so I was on the lookout for just this kind of sighting. I approached the tree and spotted a hole in the trunk. I sat down and waited. My patience paid off when a male Flicker flew onto the tree and then went into the nest hole. I was ready when he poked his head out and then took flight.