Red Shafted Flicker

[baturn]

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[Raj_55555]

Really like the second one Brian.. lovely creamy background and posing for the camera perfectly..

 

[sm4him]

Oh, wow, Brian, I love these, especially that second one!
We have Northern Flickers here, but they are so incredibly sensitive to humans--I've never gotten one to get anywhere NEAR that close to me.
Excellent job!

 

[baturn]

Thanks, folks. I set up a cheap hunter's blind in the backyard. These look a little faded compared to the originals. Never noticed that before.

 

[KenC]

I prefer the first because the bird's pose is more interesting.

I've never seen one of these, just something everyone just calls a flicker which looks similar. I wonder if these live around here. I'll have to check on that.

 

[dannylightning]

those turned out great. i like them both.

 

[sm4him]

I prefer the first because the bird's pose is more interesting.

I've never seen one of these, just something everyone just calls a flicker which looks similar. I wonder if these live around here. I'll have to check on that.

Both this bird, and the one you've likely seen are actually Northern Flickers. There is the red-shafted Northern Flicker, mostly seen out west, and the yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, seen here in the east. They get the red-shafted/yellow-shafted description by the flash of color in the underside of their wings in flight.

They sometimes mate with Gilded Flickers, which complicates the ID completely.

 

[kundalini]

The male Northern Flicker has a black mustache and a red spot (triangle) on the nape of the neck, whereas baturn's sample has a red mustache. The female (N.F.) has no mustache and I don't believe sports the red spot. Most all woodpeckers have a white rump that is only visible when flying.

Nice shots baturn, they are quite skittish birds to capture. I'd love to show off my example, but alas, not the same bird. I'm in North Carolina and only have the Northern Flicker to show.

 

[baturn]

Thanks, all. Sharon explained just about the way I understand it.

 

[KenC]

I prefer the first because the bird's pose is more interesting.

I've never seen one of these, just something everyone just calls a flicker which looks similar. I wonder if these live around here. I'll have to check on that.

Both this bird, and the one you've likely seen are actually Northern Flickers. There is the red-shafted Northern Flicker, mostly seen out west, and the yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, seen here in the east. They get the red-shafted/yellow-shafted description by the flash of color in the underside of their wings in flight.

They sometimes mate with Gilded Flickers, which complicates the ID completely.

The male Northern Flicker has a black mustache and a red spot (triangle) on the nape of the neck, whereas baturn's sample has a red mustache. The female (N.F.) has no mustache and I don't believe sports the red spot. Most all woodpeckers have a white rump that is only visible when flying.

Nice shots baturn, they are quite skittish birds to capture. I'd love to show off my example, but alas, not the same bird. I'm in North Carolina and only have the Northern Flicker to show.

Well, now I've given up completely on mastering the flicker family. I'll just have to enjoy the various woodpeckers as I find them. We had a downy woodpecker on a tree in front of the house last year, which is pretty good for in the city. I live near a large wooded park area, so I'm sure it lived in there somewhere, and my tree must have been infested with some yummy bugs to draw it here.

 

[BillM]

Real nice shots of a real skittish bird, getting shots of flickers is not an easy task

 

[avraam]

cool shots, useful poses for me. i can't capture them like you. you're lucky one