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Jun 1, 2022

The distinctive Red-shafted Northern Flicker...

Photos by Dave Kemp

NORTHERN Red-shafted FLICKER
(Colaptes auratus)
British Columbia nature photographer, Dave Kemp, has passed along some excellent photos from the eastern side of Vancouver Island, of a  Northern Red-shafted Flicker.   This big woodpecker is noticeably different from the Eastern/Northern Yellow-shafted Flicker.   The two types from each side of North America meet in southwestern Canada and the western Great Plains, where they interbreed regularly, producing many intermediates. 




Grooming...a never-ending job for birds (above and below)

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BarrytheBirder


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