Thursday, April 27, 2006

YellowShafted


The Northern Flicker is a large woodpecker and unlike other woodpeckers is often seen foraging on the ground. There are two forms -the red- shafted form occurs in the West and the yellow-shafted form in the East. I got a picture of the yellow shaft of a male showing off to a female he was courting.

1 comment:

chaindropz said...

Great pictures. I also have some bird pictures. I just come from your friends site and I hope he might know what kind of thistle I photographed.