3/3/02 Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, San Bernardino County, CA
10/21/02 Spooner Lake Loop Trail, Spooner Lake (east of Lake Tahoe), Toiyabe National Forest, Washoe County, Nevada
10/21/02 Spooner Lake Loop Trail
10/24/08 On our property, La Cresta, Murrieta, Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Northern Red-Shafted Flicker
COMMON NAME: Northern Red-Shafted Flicker
SPECIES: Colaptes auratus
FAMILY: Picidae (Woodpeckers)
FAMILY: Picidae (Woodpeckers)
LIFE LIST DATE: 3/3/2002
LOCATION: Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, San Bernardino County, CA
From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: This big brown woodpecker often feeds on the ground, seeking ants. When it flies, it flashes bright colors under the wings and tail, as well as a white rump. Found everywhere from deep woods to city parks.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 13"; brown back with narrow black bars black chest patch, spots on belly. Red-shafted has salmon pink under wings and tail gray face, brown crown; male has red mustache stripe.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 13"; brown back with narrow black bars black chest patch, spots on belly. Red-shafted has salmon pink under wings and tail gray face, brown crown; male has red mustache stripe.
VOICE: Loud clear kleeyah! Also ringing wik-wik-wik...., long continued, heard especially in spring.
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