Flicker woodpecker in flight.

Back to work.

As I scanned the treetops around me, I spotted this fellow scanning the open field beyond. At first, I wasn't sure what it was. That white rump stripe is something I can't recall ever seeing on a Yellow-shafted Flicker before.

I'm still awaiting my final new lenses and I didn't have binoculars with me, so I had to take some shots for identification; maybe not at the top, but he was pretty far up there.

I find it a real treat to spot birds in the wild, as opposed to being lured to my backyard with food.

Sycamore Forest Preserve - Sycamore, Illinois

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Northern Flicker © Steve Frye. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on August 21, 2021.

Flicker woodpecker in the backyard. That's not rain, it's melting snow.

Northern Flicker Female - Nest Excavation Huntley Meadows

A few days ago I put up a photo of a red-bellied woodpecker and mistakenly called it a flicker. I was jazzed by the whole "flicker on flickr" deal. (I know. You don't have to tell me.) This time I got what I think is a real flicker. He (I don't really know the gender) landed on the bird feeder and I ran for the camera. When I got back to the window, he flew straight at me and I thought he was going to slam into the window. Instead, he grabbed onto the top edge of the storm window and perched there like it was tree. Then he started weaving back and forth. I think he saw his reflection and thought it was another bird. He came back to the window 5 or 6 times. I went outside to try for a shot without the dirty window being in the way, but I scared him off and he didn't come back.

Adult Cooper's hawk finds fresh flicker a flavourful feed.

The Northern Flicker has a lot of colors. This male was in my back yard in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Norwich,CT

The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family. A large shorebird of coastal beaches, the Black-bellied Plover is striking in its black-and-white breeding plumage.

Flicker passing through town first day of Fall.

Flickers are the anteaters of the bird word. She must have been desperate to visit a bird feeder.

These two Northern Flickers were having some kind of dispute

Northern Flicker © Neal Zaun, Zaun Nature Photography. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders Walk on October 1, 2022.

Northern flicker.

Orchid.

Siggy Flicker

A young Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker with Mom in the background.

Siggy Flicker's Joy!

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Chrissi, I love the cowboy boots.

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Northern Flicker Female Huntley Meadows Park

Northern Flicker, female

Prospect Park

Brooklyn, NY

A rather crazy looking background here.

It was a good day for woodpeckers, with Hairy, Downy, Red Bellied and Sapsuckers also in the mix. But by and far, Flickers were the predominant species.

Northern Flicker

Pendant

Northern Flicker © Clark Anderson. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders of Boulder Walk on November 21, 2020.

En primer término, Murdock, que me dió mucho juego. Unión de 3 fotos.

A Northern Flicker stops in my back yard to harvest insects from this dead tree stump. Taken in early May.

Northern Flicker © Kevin Rutherford, Fern Lake Photography. Photo taken on the Flying Circus Birders Walk on October 29, 2022.

Valencia

I couldn't believe my good luck in getting this Flicker to sit still long enough for a pose. They usually high-tail it out when they see me.

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Order PICIFORMES

Family PICIDAE

Hedge apple (osage orange) tree with flicker ornament.

Not a great shot but at least I have a year shot of this handsome bird