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Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus

Featured image credit: “Northern flicker on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge” by USFWS Mountain Prairie is licensed under CC BY 2.0

To hear songs, learn identification information, migratory patterns, and some fun facts, check out the Northern Flicker page offered by one of my favorite resources: the Cornell Lab of Ornithology »

All text and photos copyright © 2022 Middle Way Nature Reserve, unless noted.
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