Baloo and I spotted this yellow-shafted flicker while out for our morning ramble.
I have always thought these birds very striking with their spots and bibs and bright feathers under their wings and tails. This fellow is a male. You can tell because he's channeling Hercule Poirot with his dramatic mustaches. Female flickers lack that particular fashion statement, thought they still have the red patch on the back of their heads and the yellow feathers, as well.
I was trying to get a better picture when he decided to fly off and all I caught was the flickering patch of white feathers on his back that are usually hidden beneath folded wings and the blur of yellow wing feathers as he took to the air.
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