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1. Female -
March 5, 2004 - Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah
2., 3. male - February 2000
first view a front view and second photo
a side view showing back, wing and tail markings. *This
male has a small red nape patch normally on the Yellow-shafted Flicker.
He's a cross between the Yellow-shafted and th Red-shafted Flicker.
On garden deck in Sandy,
Salt Lake County, Utah
3. Female - ©NJDavis
Description
L 12.5 WS20, Brown and
Black barred back and wings,Gray face, brown crown, Wide black
"necklace",
Whitish or buffy breast with black spots, White rump,
reddish
undertail and underwings, male has red line off base of bill, but
female
red-shafted doesn't. Found in parks, suburbs,
farmlands and woodland. They feed on ground probing for ants
which
are 45 per cent of itheir diet. Will eat fruit, berries,
seeds
and also catches insects in the air. Will come to bird feeders.
Courtship
includes head bobbin along with "woikawoikawoika" call by mated
pairs.
If this is done between same sex birds it is competition for a mate or
territory. Also does a soft muffled drumming. Excavates a nest cavity
in
a tree, post or cactus and may use a nest box. They lay 7-9 white
eggs and may have up to two broods per season. They are altricial
and incubation is 11-12 days and fledgling phase lasts 14-21 days. *Red
Shafted and Yellow-shafted Northern Flickers intergrade in the Great
Plains
and western Canada, with intermediate birds frequent over most of the
continent.
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