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Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker Female

Northern Flicker Female Foraging

Northern Flicker Female Foraging

Although it can climb up the trunks of trees and hammer on wood like other woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker prefers to find food on the ground. Ants are its main food, and the flicker digs in the dirt to find them. It uses its long barbed tongue to lap up the ants.

Click the arrow below to hear the sounds for the Northern Flicker

Sounds of the NorthernFlicker

Magnolia Warbler Male

Magnolia Warbler Male

Magnolia Warbler Male

Magnolia Warbler Male in Breeding Plumage

This little beauty is a male Magnolia Warbler in breeding plumage. I took this picture in the ramble in Central Park yesterday. I have been using the Canon EOS 5D Mark III with the Canon 100-400mm lens with a Canon 600 flash with a better beamer. I find that I need to use a flash in the ramble in Central Park most of the time because the birds are usually in shaded areas. The length of the Magnolia Warbler is 4.3 – 5.1 inches.