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Spotting

Description:

Long beak, black patch on breast, I would say a woodpecker

Habitat:

Flagstaff, AZ - ponderosa pine forests elevation 7000'

1 Species ID Suggestions

HemaShah
HemaShah 11 years ago
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker
Colaptes auratus cafer Northern (Red-shafted) Flickers (Colaptes auratus cafer) - The Firefly Forest


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2 Comments

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago

One thing I can think of with that black chest is a Meadowlark... but If it reminded you of a woodpecker, then I think this is a Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Fl...

border.steve
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Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Jun 2, 2012
Submitted on Jun 3, 2012

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