Northern Flicker

The Flicker is a fairly ubiquitous woodpecker throughout North America.  They are yard birds throughout their range and can be found deep in the wild as well.  They have distinctive plumage differences between east and west, in the east the the shafts of their feathers are yellow and in the west the shafts are red. Ornithologists have pondered these differences over the years which lead at one point to splitting them into two separate species. Now, with DNA, the evidence suggests they are the same species so they are now called the Northern Flicker. Unlike most woodpeckers, you will see them sitting straight up on a branch as well as feeding on the ground.

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