Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Gorgeous markings.

These are strong intelligent birds. They like to 'hammer' on metal objects - garbage cans, aluminum siding, cars, lamp posts, etc. If it's super annoying, they do even more.

Such a pretty bird is it inside a cage Klananie?

Good capture. Very unusual bird.

Thank you Klahanie 😊 yes squirrels are acrobats its amazing how versatile they can move their bodies to survive on the food. Have you tried putting seperate food out for the squirrels like nuts or they steel and eat the fat balls in my garden which I put out for the birds so I place one for them in a different place.

Thanks for postings, Klahanie! Wonderful bird to see. You’re such a fortunate person to have such interesting, beautiful birds visit your garden. :-)

what a beautiful bird. I like the red bits too.

I love most birds ,Klahanie,and wish we had this one visit our garden.such lovely markings.