I grew up with the yellow shafted subspecies, which has a black mustache instead of a red one, so I always get a little kick out of seeing the red mustaches on the red-shafted subspecies. Cool pic!
Happy to hear that! I love those little guys, even though they can make a lot of noise sometimes. They are common here, but their colors are so gorgeous, so it’s always nice to spot one. I was actually trying to photograph a gang of male red-winged blackbirds (~10, also common but gorgeous) around that same area, but they were too rowdy while this northern flicker was just chilling, so I couldn’t miss the opportunity. Glad you liked it!
I grew up with the yellow shafted subspecies, which has a black mustache instead of a red one, so I always get a little kick out of seeing the red mustaches on the red-shafted subspecies. Cool pic!
Happy to hear that! I love those little guys, even though they can make a lot of noise sometimes. They are common here, but their colors are so gorgeous, so it’s always nice to spot one. I was actually trying to photograph a gang of male red-winged blackbirds (~10, also common but gorgeous) around that same area, but they were too rowdy while this northern flicker was just chilling, so I couldn’t miss the opportunity. Glad you liked it!