My entry to Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 81 is the Northern Flicker
Theme is
SHOW ME A PICTURE OF
A BIRD YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED
Hubby looked out the kitchen window and said,
“There’s an interesting looking bird outside on the tree at the edge of the lawn. It has a redhead but not the usual looking woodpecker.”
Once I got a closer look through the camera lens, I saw it was the elusive Northern Flicker with a it’s speckled pattern on the feathers. This one had a red marking on the back of the head shaped like a heart.
I couldn’t get any closer or any different positions~ as I mentioned this bird is elusive and seemed to know when I opened the door to photograph him. He stays around the yard but takes off quickly if he sees me.
The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands.
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Some interesting spiritual meanings of seeing a Northern Flicker:
In Native American traditions, flickers are lucky birds associated with healing, medicine, and visitors. Additionally, the flicker’s plumage associates these birds with the sun.
In Celtic traditions, animals with red markings are seen as magical, otherworldly, and powerful
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