A beautiful woodpecker, that only visits my feeders occasionally.
If fact, I don't think I have seen one in years.
It has a very distinctive call which I remembered, I knew it was here before I saw it.
I saw a flash of yellow as it flew in to feast on the suet.
To me, it appears their entire undercarriage is a pretty bright yellow.
It has a small red heart shaped spot on the back of it's head,
a buffy/whitish breast with black spots, and a wide black necklace.
According to my bird book, it is a year round visitor in this area,
but when I do see it, it is only in the winter.
My memory of this encounter is far better than my pictures...
I saw it all day on Tuesday and have not seen it since.
I must have taken 50 pictures, 47 are worse than these.
I'll talk about the hawk tomorrow, it is still very present!
Hello, it is one of my favorite woodpeckers too. They are beautiful. I usually only see them in winter too. Happy Friday, enjoy your day and weekend!
ReplyDeleteLovely bird. We're supposed to have spotted flickers around here...but never spotted one.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteI do like flickers because they are easy to identify by sight and sound even for me ! Except now I’m not sure if the ones I see in Oregon and/or here are Northern or Southern or Eastern or Western ... I am such an amateur.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely bird Debbie …
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your Friday and have a good weekend.
All the best Jan
Great photos of the Northern Flicker. I haven't seen one of these in a very long time. They have such interesting markings.
ReplyDeleteLove.
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures. We have Northern Flickers from about Mid October until March or April. I am always sad when they leave.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful fr you that this Flicker has come to see you again.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen such a woodpecker in nature, it is beautiful. Greetings.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos Debbie. Thanks for sharing, I've never seen one.
ReplyDeleteBuen fin de semana.
Besos.
One of those landed on our patio last summer. Such pretty birds!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful birds indeed. If you ever get a chance to closely look at those dark spots on the belly, they look like little hearts. I only noticed that recently on a picture I had taken.It's pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful bird!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! These guys are generally quite skittish. I don't see them often.
ReplyDeleteWe have a few tree stumps in our backyard that attract bugs and a woodpecker. We've not removed the stumps because he visits every spring/summer.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how excited you were to see the woodpecker. It is a bummer you couldn't get a better picture, but so cool you were able to see it. I can hear the woodpeckers and cardinals before I see them too :) Hope he comes back so you get another shot of getting a picture!
ReplyDeleteNice catch! I’ve never seen one.
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