Birders

Mousetoescamper

(5,479 posts) Mon Dec 26, 2022, 06:29 PM Dec 2022

Northern Flicker

Female Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted) - Photo taken in 2014 at my previous home in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Northern Flicker (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Dec 2022 OP

Great picture. Thank you. Never saw a flicker before judesedit Dec 2022 #1

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Dec 2022 #4

Beautiful Bird. I don't believe I have seen one before. Thanks for the post. c-rational Dec 2022 #2

You're welcome! Mousetoescamper Dec 2022 #5

We have them here in Delaware. I saw one working the root of a tree on the ground, flicking out ants Walleye Dec 2022 #3

Yes, unlike other woodpeckers, they mostly search for insects on the ground. Mousetoescamper Dec 2022 #7

What a stunning bird Diamond_Dog Dec 2022 #6

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Dec 2022 #8

judesedit

(4,516 posts)

1. Great picture. Thank you. Never saw a flicker before

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Mon Dec 26, 2022, 06:35 PM

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Mousetoescamper

(5,479 posts)

4. Thanks and you're welcome!

Reply to judesedit (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 07:04 PM

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c-rational

(2,883 posts)

2. Beautiful Bird. I don't believe I have seen one before. Thanks for the post.

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Mon Dec 26, 2022, 06:46 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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5. You're welcome!

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Mon Dec 26, 2022, 07:05 PM

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Walleye

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3. We have them here in Delaware. I saw one working the root of a tree on the ground, flicking out ants

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Mon Dec 26, 2022, 06:50 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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7. Yes, unlike other woodpeckers, they mostly search for insects on the ground.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 08:36 PM

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Diamond_Dog

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6. What a stunning bird

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 08:13 PM

Dec 2022

And an equally stunning photo.

Mousetoescamper

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8. Thanks!

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Mon Dec 26, 2022, 08:37 PM

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