Northern flicker

Description:

Northern Flickers are medium-sized North American woodpeckers. This is a beautiful colored bird. Their general coloration is brown. Their backs are brown with black barring, and their chests and bellies are light tan with prominent clear black spots. There is a broad, black band across the upper chest. This is the yellow-shafted northern flicker. The flight feathers of yellow-shafted flickers have yellow shafts, and their wings and tail are yellow below. The heads are gray above, and their faces and throats are brown. Males have black mustaches; females have none. Both males and females have red nape crescents. I

Habitat:

This northern flicker was in a berry tree right outside the visitor center at Magnolia Springs State park, Millen, Georgia