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On The Fence |
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On The Fence |
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes
auratus), Family Picidae |
Credit & Copyright: Dr. Bruce G.
Marcot
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Explanation: Who's this on my back fence? 'Tis a striking example of the avian family Picidae ... 'tis a woodpecker. More precisely, a Northern Flicker. Even more precisely, the Red-shafted race of the Northern Flicker. Yet even more precisely, a male Red-Shafted Northern Flicker. Male because it has a red whisker under the eye (lacking in females) (the red whisker, not the eye). Populations of Red-shafted Northern Flickers are widespread yet declining, but are still extensive enough to not warrant major conservation concern. |
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