Red-Shafted/Northern Flicker

A red-shafted flicker, subspecies of the northern flicker, inspects a hole excavated by a pileated woodpecker in the Kaniksu National Forest, north Idaho.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful wing shot! Was it a high nest? Posted 10 years ago
1. travismorhardt
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! I really got lucky with this one, as I just held the shutter button down as I saw it coming in. It was actually inspecting a recently dug hole from the pileated woodpecker in my other photo. The woodpecker would dig a little, and then move to the other side of the tree for a bit. Then the flicker would swoop in quick to inspect the action. When the woodpecker would reappear, it would go nuts seeing the flicker there and chatter and chase it off. The tree top was probably 4 or 5 meters up. Posted 10 years ago

The Northern Flicker

The Northern Flicker is a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate.

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Similar species: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans

Species identified by travismorhardt