This is interesting!! This is a Flicker, but if you look in your bird book you won't find any pictures of this guy!! There are two forms of Northern Flicker, the Red-shafted Flicker and the Yellow-shafted Flicker. The Yellow-shafted Flicker has a red cresent on it's crown, while the male Red-shafted Flicker has a red moustache. Because there is a lot of hybridization the two species are lumped together and called the Northern Flicker. This is obviously a male who has got the best of both worlds. Cool eh!! I wonder if he's proud of his double red spots, or if the female Flickers think he's the Brad Pitt of Flickers, lol.
This is interesting!! This is a Flicker, but if you look in your bird book you won't find any pictures of this guy!! There are two forms of Northern Flicker, the Red-shafted Flicker and the Yellow-shafted Flicker. The Yellow-shafted Flicker has a red cresent on it's crown, while the male Red-shafted Flicker has a red moustache. Because there is a lot of hybridization the two species are lumped together and called the Northern Flicker. This is obviously a male who has got the best of both worlds. Cool eh!! I wonder if he's proud of his double red spots, or if the female Flickers think he's the Brad Pitt of Flickers, lol.
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