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I took these pictures today across the street from my house. These are the very FIRST pictures I have ever taken of this Woodpecker and are not the best in the world, due to HEAVY cover, but I've been trying for 6 years to get a picture of one. And now, without further ado, I give you the......


NORTHERN FLICKER (YELLOW-SHAFTED RACE)

nice of him to turn around for you

Congrats! And you got both sides too.

I have pileated, red-bellied, downey woodpeckers & yellow-bellied sapsuckers around here right now. Nice to see your Northern Flicker today.

Woodpeckers are my specialty. The only one we have around here that I haven't photographed yet is the Red-Headed Woodpecker. The Red-headed in Middle Tennessee are SOOO rare that I have only seen two in my life and that was about 17 years ago.