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Published: 2014-03-25 00:45:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 360; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Northern Red-Shafted Flicker. Been trying for years to get a good photo of one and finally did! Apparently he likes the peanut mix in one of my suet feeders. I had moved it earlier in the day so the Starlings wouldn't take over it like they did another one. I took this picture when he came back looking for it later. Otherwise he's paranoid shy.Related content
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Thanks again!
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Very good photo! I love the pose and those crisp leaves.
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He did all the work 
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This is a terrific photo! One of the best I've seen of this bird.
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Wow, thats a magnificent bird. O.o I've never seen one before.
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They are pretty
The red-shafted lives on the west, the other of the Northern flickers, the yellow-shafted, live on the east and I guess they meet kind of in the middle, the Great Plains area. They're a type of woodpecker so if you want a good chance to see one look for them around dead trees or even old wooden telephone poles with holes (I used to pass one that one fed from on my way to a trade school I volunteered at from time to time), open woodlands mostly and the suburbs. That's what my NatGeo guide says other than the telephone poles.
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Haha, indeed they are. Glad you finally got one close enough!
Hm, well I live in WI, so I wonder if I'll see any of them?
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My guide book says they live all throughout America and Canada (somewhat seasonally in Canada). Might just take some looking, right place, right time. I live at the foothills of the Olympic National Park and it's a small town with no large cities nearby land wise, so wildlife is pretty abundant for me even in my backyard.
But shopping/things to do sucks, only have Walmart and bars and you have to drive 30 miles or go to Canada for anything else. But I can live with that trade off, most days anyways.
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Huh, so pretty spread out, I see. I'll have to keep my eye out for them.
And oh, my uncle used to live around there, after he moved out of Seattle. Haha! I know where you're talking about. hehe.
O.o Oh wow, thats quite a wayse. O.o But I think thats pretty equivalent of an exchange.
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