Northern Flicker Male
This pretty male Northern Flicker perched on a headstone in Green-wood Cemetery was photographed with the Canon 5D Mark III with Canon 300mm f2.8 IS II and the 2X extender on a clear day in early Autumn.
To hear the sounds of the Northern Flicker, click on the arrow below.
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