All of the photos on this page are of the Yellow-shafted variety. The male has a black mustache and the female does not. They also have a red crescent on the back on their head. The underside of their wings and tail are yellow. Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker are found in northern and eastern North America. The male has a red mustache and the female does not. The underside of their wings and tail are a reddish color. Red-shafted Northern Flicker are found in western North America. There are two variety of Northern Flicker, Red-shafted and Yellow-shafted. The Flicker's back is a barred pattern of brownish gray and black.
Small professional photographers Marie Read and Alan Murphy Outdoor Photographer editors Wes Pitts and Kristan Ashworth and Imaging Resource Managing Editor William Brawley.The Northern Flicker has a similar body shape to the Red-bellied Woodpecker, but is a little larger.
Many thanks to our panel of guest judges: Contributing Editors Laura Erickson, Pete Dunne, and Brian E. Gear and settings: Canon R5 and Canon 100-500 zoom lens, handheld.
I can report, in this case, both combatants flew off unscathed.” The starling’s talons-to-the-face attack position and the flicker’s closed eye speak to the intensity of these battles. This was my favorite frame as the male flicker’s full wingspread highlighted the beautiful underwing color for which it is named and the subtle iridescence of the breeding-plumaged starling, which is not often observed. I anticipated, correctly, that the flickers would never tolerate other birds feeding literally on their ‘roof,’ and I was able to spend several weeks photographing the often spectacular aerial battles undertaken by the woodpeckers in territorial defense. “As spring progressed, buds appeared at the top of the cactus, and I realized when it flowered it would be attracting other birds to the pollen and insects on the blossoms. “Earlier in the spring, I had discovered a pair of Gilded Flickers excavating a nesting cavity near the top of a Giant Saguaro,” Jim writes. He took the photo at Tonto National Forest in Maricopa County, Arizona, on April 19, 2021. Jim Burns of Scottsdale, Arizona, is the winner of our 2022 BirdWatching Photography Awards contest with this remarkable photo of a fight between a Gilded Flicker and a European Starling. Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Print this Article Share to Email
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