After hearing the news of the fox & young, my 6 year old daughter and I went out after dinner in hopes of spotting her. I thought the den was in the gardens so we wandered around the north edge, eyes peeled! With or without a fox we had a great time, but after about 20min. we had a bonus! Looking south from the old Rosetta house I saw the female...

I photographed this northern red shafted flicker in one of the many Calgary parks. This norhtern red shafted flicker was at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Northern Red Shafted Flicker I was luck as this guy let me get good and close!