Northern Flicker

When I was passing by the kitchen window, I heard this noise outside. When I looked, it looked like a woodpecker, but he was pecking the ground. A quick search on Google and I found out, it is a woodpecker that eats ants and beetles. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker/id Best Viewed Large

For my other photos of today http://365project.org/hjbenson/365/2012-06-18

[karenann]

Fabulous capture, Harry. I caught two of them a week or so ago ...love the red shaped "hearts" on the back of their head!

[Harry J Benson]

@karenann Thank you Karen, it was through the red shaped "hearts" that I was able to track down what they were :)

[Kerri]

Fantastic capture of him

[Kimmi]

Great shot

[Lyn]

Nice job, Harry!

[Harry J Benson]

@kerristephens thank you Kerri, it is rare for me to get a woodpecker
@kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi, I had to get the shot so I could figure out what he was :)
@lyno Thank you Lyn, I was surprised to see him

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely bird and very nicely captured.

[bruni]

Thank you Harry for the link. I never realized that there're so many more beautiful woodpeckers than the ones I see here... yours is a great picture of one on the ground..now that is new to me too. wonderful what we learn on 365.

[Harry J Benson]

@sangwann Thank you Dione, it is a very pretty one with great markings, I haven't seen it before
@bruni Thank you Bruni, 365 has taught me a lot about more things then just photography :)