Flickers

A pair of flickers has been hanging around the house the last few days. A flash of yellow underwings grabbed my attention this afternoon. What have we, yellow-shafted or gilded? Definite yellowish head, red malar stripe. Gilded! Maybe they have plans for our Saguaro. I snapped this picture from a distance and will work on getting better if they stay awhile. We usually suffer through a lot of rapping on the metal roof in the spring. Scares the heck out of the dogs and gets pretty annoying for us, too.