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Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with a gentle expression and handsome black-scalloped plumage. On walks, don’t be surprised if you scare one up from the ground. It’s not where you’d expect to find a woodpecker, but flickers eat mainly ants and beetles, digging for them with their unusual, slightly curved bill. (All about birds).
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Northern Flicker ~ (Colaptes auratus)
A Northern Flicker outside a nesting cavity in Central Florida.
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A Northern flicker responds to my pishing from behind a nearby tree.
Taken at South Harrison Community Park, Elizabeth IN.
A Flicker visited our suet bird feeder - such a magnificent bird!
Still a bit of suet on the tip of it's beak!
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), " the Yellow-shafted" variety is on territory in the aspen woods bordering the shores of the South Saskatchewan River south of Oyen, Alberta, Canada.
19 May, 2016.
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From my two days in January with this really cooperative Flicker. I assume it's the same--same area, two days in a row and not at all phased by my presence, whereas they usually get away as soon as possible. More to come of him/her.
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I thought this photo was funny because the upper Flicker looks like it's yelling at the lower Flicker...and the look on the lower Flicker's face is hysterical.
The Northern Flicker gives a neat pose with the sun reflecting of its head, a beautiful bird with an array of unique feather co-ordination
I overstayed my welcome watching this flicker build its nest. It is giving me a piece of its mind.
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"And every time I go to bed
An image of you flickers in my head
And every time I fall asleep
An image of you flows in my dream
It flickers, it flickers in my head
It flickers, it flickers in my head." - London Grammar♫
The Audubon field states "flickers are the only woodpeckers that frequently feed on the ground," probing with their beak, also sometimes catching insects in flight. Although they eat fruits, berries, seeds, and nuts, their primary food is insects. Ants alone can make up 45% of their diet.
Northern flickers often break into underground ant colonies to gain access to the nutritious larvae, hammering at the soil similar to other woodpeckers that drill into wood. Take note of the dirt on the beak of this one. It is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. Photographed in the backyard area in Memphis.
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The northern flicker looks skywards after the chickadees have sounded their alarm call, the chickadees sound the alarm often as it causes the other little birds to flee to the bushes enabling them to get out and unto the feeders in peace, it is amazing to watch, they are so crafty
It was foraging in the grass, and I noticed the unusual white feathers on both sides.. immature or leucistic?
These dots seem to #flicker when I look at them on the big screen so they fit the theme for Flickr Friday - luckily for me as I was out of ideas and they were snapped for Flickr's 21st birthday bash... Happy Birthday Flickr!
Andean Flicker is a distinctive woodpecker species of the Andes, with an unusual primary habitat of high grasslands. (It frequently occurs in areas without trees.) Feeding is on the ground, the main food being insects including beetles and larvae. The range of Andean Flicker is in the Andes (as expected) from southern Ecuador to northern Argentina. These two individuals were foraging close to Laguna Piuray near Cusco, Peru.
I felt exceptionally lucky to see this Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) just a few yards into the trail at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. On many visits you can hear these, Downy, and Pileated singing or drumming but finding them is much harder.
Unlike other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker is commonly seen on the ground. There, it uses its long, slightly curved bill to probe into the soil, anthills, and rotting wood for ants, grubs, and other invertebrates. Ants make up much of its diet during the nesting season. Unlike other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker is commonly seen on the ground. There, it uses its long, slightly curved bill to probe into the soil, anthills, and rotting wood for ants, grubs, and other invertebrates. Ants make up much of its diet during the nesting season. This photo of a Northern Flicker was taken in a warm sunny day in Fish Creek Provincial Park, Calgary, Canada. -Colaptes auratus
Had both male and female flicker in the yard today, landed on the same stump.
Female flicker doesn't have a moustache.
Five of seven possible woodpeckers in the yard today.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 28, 2024.
Colaptes auratus
The Northern Flicker is one of the few North American woodpeckers that is strongly migratory. Flickers in the northern parts of their range move south for the winter, although a few individuals often stay rather far north.
A Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) setting up territory in the aspen woods along the South Saskatchewan River south of Oyen, Alberta, Canada.
19 May, 2016.
Slide # GWB_20160519_0105.CR2
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