Yellow-shafted Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Description:

northern flickers are found all across most of the usa and canada. They have a black-striped gray back with a speckled stomach and a small red patch along the back of the neck. They are a subspecie of the northern flicker

Habitat:

this bird was spotted underneath our pine tree fervently pecking at...??? possibly some nuts. every 10 seconds he would look up for 2 seconds and resume. it was fun to watch :)

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10 Comments

Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

thanks sintija, kd, sckel, drnamgyal, noel, stan, student

Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

thanks saumya, marta, and outsidgirl!

outsidegirl0 10 years ago

nice find!

The MnMs 10 years ago

Nice finding!

Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Nice series ! :) Beautiful !

Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

thank you stanislav, yes jamie, they are very exciting birds to see

Stanislav Greš 10 years ago

nice capture :)

jamiewgoodspeed 10 years ago

i just saw my first one up at merritt island florida... unfortunately he wasn't in the right light for a good pic but still exciting .

Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

thanks for the link, liam, i'll check it out!

Liam 10 years ago

Hi Venusflytrap,

I thought you might be interested the Whatbird Forums, a great community of bird identifiers with a large Young Birder's group:
http://www.whatbird.com/forum/index.php?...