northern flicker, photo by Loi Nguyen

Northern Flicker

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northern flickers fell in love w this bird a couple of months ago when i saw one attack an ant hill with the most vicious pecking i've ever seen and it flew away when it had enough (it was amazing)

I keep track of intergrade Northern Flickers in my yard because I have so many I'm constantly tripping the ebird filter on the counts. Here are the individuals for this winter so far that I can distinguish.

Northern Flickers typically are either Red-shafted (North America west of the Rocky Mountains) or Yellow-shafted (North America east of the Rocky Mountains) but there's a large zone of overlap where they interbreed. The offspring are known as intergrades, not hybrids, because they're still the same species but a mix of subspecies types.

Northern Flicker

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 19, no. 9. September, 1958. Illustration by John W. Taylor.

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Northern Flicker at sparrows rock, Central park

Northern Flickers are seemingly everywhere all of the sudden.

They are moving south, which is strange for Midwestern woodpeckers. Most species tend to stay put for the winter.

northern flickers my beloved

@todaysbird

Northern Flicker, Vancouver Island

Female northern flicker heading back to her nest

COURTESY JEFFREY KAUFFMAN

Northern Flicker

Today's birds are these northern flickers

hubris

Northern Flicker Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2 uplands