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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]
This was a really windy day. I started out at Mallard Point without much luck! The river was almost devoid of waterfowl. I then headed to Bankside which was a little more fruitful.
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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.
In the Oklahoma Cross Timbers, the northern flicker becomes a bright splash of color against winter’s muted palette. Likely you will hear him before you see him—the sharp klee‑yer call echoing through the oak woods, steady drumming on a hollow limb.
When he glides into view, those golden underwings flash like sunlight breaking through the cold. He works the leaf litter for ants, hops along mossy logs, and clings to rough bark with quiet determination. In a season when the woods feel still and spare, the flicker reminds us that color, rhythm, and wild persistence remain woven into every fiber of this ancient forest edge.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
Photographed in the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona.
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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.
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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A female Northern Flicker (Red-Shafted) flew in and landed on our Mr. Adams Pine tree, before flying to the Suet feeder.
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 Flicker males engaged in a courting battle over a female flicker a few branches over. This is something Ive seen several times, but I have never been in good spots for photos. Today these guys decided to hash it out on the big maple tree outside my bedroom window, basically at eye level. These two males would stare at each other, then start to bob up and down, side to side while cackling at each other. They would do this for a few seconds at a time then take a rest. Its obviously much harder work on them then it appears ( im sure it being near zero for temperatures didnt help either ) because after several minutes of dancing and flying around to different branches as the female moved, they both started to get less into it and moved much less.
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!
Flight of Northern Flicker in Central Park, New York City.
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.
The Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker (C. a. luteus; formerly C. a. borealis) resides from central Alaska throughout most of Canada to southern Labrador, Newfoundland, and the northeastern United States.
Adults are brown with black bars on the back and wings. A necklace-like black patch occupies the upper breast, while the lower breast and belly are beige with black spots. Males can be identified by a black (in the eastern part of the species' range) or red (in the western part) mustachial stripe at the base of the beak, while females lack this stripe. The tail is dark on top, transitioning to a white rump which is conspicuous in flight. Subspecific plumage is variable.
—— en.wikipedia.org