Saturday, December 29, 2012

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.
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