While out shooting photos of the trees on the bike trail, I hear this Northern Flicker . It took a few minutes to locate him, but I guess it was too windy and cold for him to fly away. This a a beautiful bird.
Some Northern Flicker do not migrate. I have seen them in the area on the coldest of winter days. I guess they are a hearty bird. He looked like he was trying to stay warm.
More from Wikipedia:
“The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) or common flicker is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. Over 100 common names for the northern flicker are known, including yellowhammer (not to be confused with the Eurasian yellowhammer), clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket, heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, and gawker bird. Many of these names derive from attempts to imitate some of its calls. (For much more info, follow the link to Wikipedia).
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