This is our commonest woodpecker at Leaning Oaks. At this time of year their loud and varied calls can be heard through out the day. They are frequent visitors to our suet feeders, where they are definitely the messiest of the species that use them. Fortunately Varied Thrushes, Dark-eyed Juncos and other species are always around to clean up the spilled suet. Almost every winter we get a bird or two with yellow instead of orange feather shafts and undertail feather colour. These are usually hybrid birds between "red-shafted" and "yellow-shafted" forms. Northern Flickers use our larger nest boxes as night time roosts, but they are very difficult to see entering them. They enter the boxes at dusk and at considerable speed - blink and you miss it.
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AuthorsTwo biologists on a beautiful property armed with cameras, smart phones and a marginal knowledge of websites took up the challenge of documenting one species a day on that property. Join along! Posts and photographs by Leah Ramsay and David Fraser (unless otherwise stated); started January 1, 2014. Categories
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