Northern flicker Male (Yellow-shafted)

I looked outside and low and behold several of these woodpeckers (I have never caught before) were all over the ground. When I went to identify it, I was confused by photos with the red malar (mustache) below the eye and then I found out in the west, it is red and in the east it is black!

Taken through the dirty glass door with the kit lens (max 135 I think), so I have cropped severely and I was on AI servo with a broad range of focus (I think). I grabbed it so fast I didn't have time to think.

[Carole Imes]

Wonderful clarity. He is such a pretty bird. Fav!

[SquamLoon]

Oh my word I saw this and said "love the clarity", and then saw it was you!

[Vee]

Wow! Beautiful capture! Fav!

[Pam Knowler]

Wonderful capture!! Gorgeous bird!! Fav!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot.

[KWind]

Wonderful clarity! I like the bird's details next to the texture of the tree.

[Catherine Pace]

super shot - love the textures of the bark - great

[Elizabeth]

Such wonderful detail!

[10 Kids, One Camera]

Beautiful! They have confused me, too. I've got a lonely female here if you want to send him my way. ;)

[Danette Thompson]

Considering you "grabbed it quick" it has amazing clarity. Beautiful.

[Graham Thresher]

An exceptional shot.

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent shot

[Issi Bannerman]

Fantastic shot through a window, AND cropped! Excellent!

[elkehochban]

Really great shot, Daryl! Nice crisp eye

[jayn]

beautiful shot with perfect focus. nicely done!

[Lisa]

Fabulous Daryl! : )

[Mark Prince]

Wonderful shot, fabulous detail.

[Jo]

Gorgeous Daryl.

[Brigette]

oh nice capture Daryl

[Melissa]

Crisp, beautiful shot!

[Richard Sayer]

This looks like an illustration from one of the Bird Books you consulted Daryl. It looks a little 'painterly' - probably due to the smoothing applied to the noise generated by the elevated ISO - but this adds rather than detracts from the image for me. Give yourself a big pat on the back for this one.

[Rosie Kind]

stunning capture - Fav

[Nancy]

Nice

[Susan]

He is a beauty and you captured him perfectly. Huge fav for me!

[katy]

remember when I said "professional quality artist"? THIS is what I was talking about! Unbelievable image, Daryl!

[Milanie]

What a fabulous shot - those markings show such nice detail - I can't imagine seeing several at one time. Fav

[Lin]

Wonderful capture - beautiful focus!

[Rachel]

This is very sharp, so whatever setting you used worked for you! Fav

[Cheri Bellavance]

nice shot!

[Carolyn White]

Gorgeous capture!!! I love it! Fav!

[Myrna O'Hara]

Just awesome with the texture of the tree bark. Well done. big fav for sure.

[Taffy]

AWESOME!!! I can't believe how sharp this is given the circumstances. A fantastic, clear capture.
BTW, thanks for the fav on the dancer from last summer!

[Nicole]

What a gorgeous capture!! well done!!

[Daryl O'Hare]

@taffy I'm so absent from here, I have missed quite a bit. My apologies!!!

[Daryl O'Hare]

@grammyn As always, you are TOOOOO kind. But I love you.

[Dawn Swingle]

Beautiful!

[katy]

@darylo ♥

[Adam]

crisp, clean, nice composition.

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Great capture, Daryl. A smaller red headed flicker spends time at my feeder but he!s too fast for me.