Northern Flicker, Front And Back

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Northern Flicker, male.

This is one good-looking bird. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Any one of his features would be enough to make him handsome, from that red chevron on the back of his gray head to that beautiful polka-dot breast, or those bright yellow feathers on the underside of his tail. Put them all together and you’ve got a bird that makes you say wow. JK

Northern Flicker.

Dark-eyed Junco

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Juncos are birds that we generally only see in the winter. This is their idea of flying south. The rest of the year they roam as far north as Canada’s tree line. When they run out of trees they stop flying north. JK