This bird woke me up over the weekend. The beautiful Red-shafted Flicker is a jay sized woodpecker and was practicing his pecking on the metal exhaust pipe on our roof. Sounded like a jack hammer was trying to beat a hole in our roof! (Click photo for a larger version of this photo)
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Red-Shafted Flicker
This bird woke me up over the weekend. The beautiful Red-shafted Flicker is a jay sized woodpecker and was practicing his pecking on the metal exhaust pipe on our roof. Sounded like a jack hammer was trying to beat a hole in our roof! (Click photo for a larger version of this photo)
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3 comments :
What is it about woodpeckers and metal? That or they pick the edge of the house just above your bedroom window at daybreak. Great shot, btw.
Wow! How cool! We don't have birds like that here on the east coast.
Thanks Ceecee. I'm so glad you liked the photo. I took it super fast because the bird flew away as soon as it saw me. I wasn't sure if I took it in time or if it would have been blurry. I think it turned out pretty good, too, especially against that vibrant blue sky.
Hi Christy and thank you for the nice comment. We do have some beautiful birds out here, probably due to our migratory bird location.
But you do have the Yellow Shafted Flicker, which is just as lovely. And you also have the strikingly gorgeous Ivory Billed Woodpecker, although sadly, it is verging on extinction.
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