thankyou Beverly for the nice comments. We noticed when walking our Labs in the "owl area" that it seemed that feathers from these flickers were often on the ground, when they first arrive here each year, - so I think the predator birds kill them. The problem is that the flickers "announce" themselves so well, by hollering from the treetops, so guess they are "sitting ducks".

thanks for the nice comments, Mary. Yes, you are right about that, - just happened to still be sitting there at the window when the flicker appeared. He was watching me, as you can see here. The image has lost something in the compression, as it's quite sharp in my version, with a lot of detail in its feathers, I was a bit sorry at how it showed up here.

many thanks, Carol, Alex and Doug. Have never captured a photo of a flicker before either, so was happy to get these that day. Hope he returns. Haven't heard a sound of him since.

Terrific capture Alandra, I never have any luck with flickers.