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colaptes auratus

  1. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    This was taken in the backyard this month. Hope you like the image.
    • Jim Crosswell
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus flicker northern woodpecker
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  2. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    What a beauty! This is a bird I must get closer to. This shot is heavily cropped. I now know what they sound like, so hopefully I can get a better photo someday.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus northern flicker (f) "red-shafted"
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  3. Northern flicker (male)

    Northern flicker (male)

    I missed a trio of flickers preforming aerial courtship maneuvers in the yard, but later in the day one of the males posed for me on a stump.
    • Barbie Heid
    • Media item
    • bird with mustache clape colaptes auratus colaptes auratus male colaptes auratus northern flicker gaffer woodpecker gawker bird harry-wicket heigh-ho large bird with spots on belly woodpecker woodpecker male yarrup yellowhammer
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  4. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    Formerly split under the name Yellow-shafted Flicker, this eastern woodpecker was combined with the western Red-shafted Flicker with both lumped into the Northern Flicker in 1982. There is a hybrid zone extending from Alaska to Texas where intermediate birds are found. The two former species are...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus new jersey northern flicker usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  5. Norther flicker

    Norther flicker

    A northern flicker
    • MergusSerrator
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus nj northern flickr sandy hook
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  6. Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)

    Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)

    Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) “Red-shafted” male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus colorado greeley northern flicker red-shafted flicker sanborn park usa weld county
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  7. Northern Flicker "red-shafted" male

    Northern Flicker "red-shafted" male

    Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) "Red-shafted" male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus colorado greeley northern flicker red-shafted flicker sanborn park usa weld county
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  8. Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker

    Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker

    I'm not sure what is happening here. I heard a bit of a commotion during a walk this morning. Then I noticed this Downy Woodpecker moving around an opening in a dead tree with a flicker in it. Maybe the Flicker took the Downy's spot?
    • wonderview
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus downy woodpecker dryobates pubescens northern flicker
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  9. Northern flicker (male)

    Northern flicker (male)

    Another first in my yard! The onset of spring in Connecticut is bringing back our migrating friends, in this case a Northern flicker (one of the few woodpeckers that actually migrate). They inhabit the typical habitat of any woodpecker but are often seen foraging on the ground for insects, which...
    • Barbie Heid
    • Media item
    • backyard birds birds of connecticut birds of new england birds of north america colaptes auratus common flicker flicker northern flicker picidae woodpecker yellowhammer
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  10. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    A northern flicker looks over the grasslands from the treeline.
    • MergusSerrator
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus franklin twp negri-napote nj northern flicker
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  11. Fall Flicker and the Fungi

    Fall Flicker and the Fungi

    :)
    • Victor Vector
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus northern flicker (red-shafted)
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  12. Northern flicker

    Northern flicker

    • katastrofa
    • Media item
    • canada colaptes auratus northern flicker park vancouver
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  13. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    Norther Flicker
    • Mila
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus northern flicker san francisco video
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  14. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    Got lucky and caught this guy emerging from his hole. I didn't even now he was in there at first. I was just looking up at the tree and noting the woodpecker holes, then he stuck his head out.
    • anonymousbirder
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus john heinz wildlife refuge northern flicker pennsylvania philadelphia
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  15. Northern flicker

    Northern flicker

    Holed up in a tree along off a trail in a marsh.
    • mikeshaw1
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus daniel webster wildlife refuge marshfield massachusetts northern flicker
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  16. Northern flicker

    Northern flicker

    • katastrofa
    • Media item
    • british columbia canada colaptes auratus northern flicker reifel bird sanctuary winter
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  17. Northern flicker

    Northern flicker

    • katastrofa
    • Media item
    • british columbia canada colaptes auratus northern flicker reifel bird sanctuary shrubs vancouver winter
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  18. FLICKERS

    FLICKERS

    Hopefully this will work. This is the video of the two male Northern Flickers having a faceoff in the road. It's only about 21 seconds long as a car came along and made us all bail off of the road.
    • wonderview
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus colaptes auratus northern flicker video
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  19. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    • sw2001
    • Media item
    • 12bb british columbia canada colaptes auratus northern flicker
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  20. Flicker on the peak of the roof

    Flicker on the peak of the roof

    Walking home from the park, ready to put the camera away and get some stuff done when I see this flicker on the very top of the roof at the front of my home.
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus northern flicker seattle usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  21. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    This one dropped by a short time ago.
    • wonderview
    • Media item
    • canada colaptes auratus northern flicker (yellow-shafted) nova scotia
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  22. Flicker on roof 2.jpg

    Flicker on roof 2.jpg

    Northern flicker on a shed roof, rummaging through tree debris.
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus northern flicker seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  23. Flicker on roof

    Flicker on roof

    Northern Flicker on a shed roof rummaging through tree debris.
    • vingio54
    • Media item
    • colaptes auratus northern flicker seattle usa washington
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  24. NorthernFlickerRedShaftFemale.jpg

    NorthernFlickerRedShaftFemale.jpg

    Northern Flicker - Intergrade Female
    • sillyak
    • Media item
    • alberta canada colaptes auratus northern flicker
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: North America
  25. Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    The flickers are particularly active this time of year, vocal and drumming on anything they can find.
    • benoitjh
    • Media item
    • british columbia canada colaptes auratus northern flicker (male)
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
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