Flicker

The Northern Flickers are migrating through New York. Their yellow shafted wing feathers and white rumps flash brightly when they fly.

This one winked at me.

Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog 2018-04-16 / 5:15 pm

Beautiful! We have them in Illinois too! 🙂

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- Sherry Felix 2018-04-16 / 7:33 pm
  
  There is a very clear divide between yellow and red-shafted https://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/infocenter/i4120id.html
  
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Harold Rhenisch 2018-04-16 / 10:15 am

Great to see such different coloration than we have out west!

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- Sherry Felix 2018-04-16 / 10:41 am
  
  Your Flickers have red shafts. Flickers don’t interbreed.
  
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Jet Eliot 2018-04-16 / 9:14 am

Wonderful to see these elegant flickers on their way through Central Park. Your photos are beautiful, Sherry, capturing their myriad of markings with much clarity. I smiled to see the second one “winking” at you.

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- Sherry Felix 2018-04-16 / 9:56 am
  
  Thanks Jet. I like my new light weight Sony RX10 IV with 0.03 s. AF/25x optical zoom.
  
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