Red Shafted Northern Flicker

[DRwyoming]

Saw this guy fly in quickly and land on an old and cracked cottonwood tree as I was walking back to my car with my big lens up and over my shoulder. He didn't hang around long but I was able to get set up and capture a few shots like this:

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[Ralph]

Saw this guy fly in quickly and land on an old and cracked cottonwood tree as I was walking back to my car with my big lens up and over my shoulder. He didn't hang around long but I was able to get set up and capture a few shots like this:

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Excellent Dave. Their markings are a little different than the ones in NJ. Might be a hybrid.

 

[DRwyoming]

Excellent Dave. Their markings are a little different than the ones in NJ. Might be a hybrid.

Thanks Ralph,

Interesting, this is how they typically look out this way. I wonder if it's regional variations...

 

[Lance B]

Great shot, Dave!

 

[Craig Jack]

Great shot of a nice looking bird.

 

[Ralph]

Thanks Ralph,

Interesting, this is how they typically look out this way. I wonder if it's regional variations...

Dave,”MyBad”! The yellow-shafted flicker is the one in our area. For some reason I thought it was the red-shafted one. It pays to read this site. Always learning and re-learning.

 

[DRwyoming]

Great shot, Dave!

Great shot of a nice looking bird.

Thanks guys!

 

[ButlerKid]

Wonderful image! Lovely pose, lighting and processing. I sure wish we had flickers in our neck of the woods!

 

[NorthernFocus]

Nice shot of a pretty bird. Well done.

 

[DRwyoming]

Wonderful image! Lovely pose, lighting and processing. I sure wish we had flickers in our neck of the woods!

Nice shot of a pretty bird. Well done.

Thanks for the kind words!

 

[ChrisSinSeattle]

Dave,
Beautiful shot
Chris S.

 

[Rick S]

Beautiful shot, print worthy for sure.

 

[Louis champan]

Great shot Dave, and you couldn't have caught it in a better perch.

 

[Irap]

Great shot, doesn't get much better than that, Dave

 

[DRwyoming]

Dave,
Beautiful shot
Chris S.

Beautiful shot, print worthy for sure.

Great shot Dave, and you couldn't have caught it in a better perch.

Great shot, doesn't get much better than that, Dave

Thanks folks!

 

[ssheipel]

Nicely captured! I was surrounded by what seemed like (only heard 'em) three of these guys in heavy woods on the weekend; tho the way they refuse to sit still it was likely just one moving a whole lot

 

[DRwyoming]

Nicely captured! I was surrounded by what seemed like (only heard 'em) three of these guys in heavy woods on the weekend; tho the way they refuse to sit still it was likely just one moving a whole lot

Thanks!

I know what you mean, I see their tail feathers all the time or see them flying up high in the tree tops but once in a while they come in down low though they don’t seem to stay there long