northern flicker, photo by Loi Nguyen
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Northern Flicker at sparrows rock, Central park
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Female northern flicker heading back to her nest
COURTESY JEFFREY KAUFFMAN
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Today's birds are these northern flickers
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Northern Flicker
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2 uplands
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
August 12, 2023
Southeastern Pennsylvania
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Northern flicker, male . . . Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Milton, Delaware . . . 10/27/22
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