I looked out the kitchen window and saw two pale shapes on the ground. Couldn't decide what they were.
Before I got back with the camera, one of them was gone. But the other was still there. What is it?
Did you know? It's a flicker. This is a woodpecker, but one that spends most of its time on the ground. This is a male- note the black moustache. It was probably a pair, but the female flew away.
Lots more flicker info through the link below if you want. I really love the way they look. And you can't see the yellow undersides of the wing feathers here, but it's stunning when they show it off.
I hunkered down and worked hard today. Got stuff done on all current projects. Did errands. Silver star for me (I should be doing a couple other things too, so no gold).
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Awesome sighting. I've never seen one of those before.
ReplyDeleteAnn- they are pretty common here, but I love them
DeleteLulu: "Our Mama and Dada used to get a lot of flickers around their place back in New York! And our Dada's Merlin app for identifying bird calls has picked up flickers talking around here, but I don't think we've ever spotted one ..."
ReplyDeleteLulu- Flickers talk funny- they sound like an old gate.
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