Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Colaptes villosus

Today, I'm posting a REAL Northern Flicker, unlike the stuffed one I photographed at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary's display and then posted yesterday. The one above was busy finding and eating ants non-stop in a local park and was almost impossible to photograph. Unfortunately, it stayed on the leaf and twig littered grass, so the background is much too messy. Such a spectacular bird!

Another view of the Northern Flicker that I saw in Fish Creek Park the other day, this one showing the pattern on its upper tail. I think my favourite part of a Flicker is the black spotted breast.