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Red-Shafted Flicker

Photography by Rob McKay

Published on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 | Category: A Blog, Birds In-Flight, Canadian Bird/Avian

These male northern red-shafted flickers have been busy trying to impress the females and I caught two males jousting in the snow. Either a territorial thing, or some kind of spring mating ritual, not real sure.

Male Red-Shafted Flicker

Red-Shafted Flicker In-Flight

Two Males

Here are a few photos from about 30 pictures taken the other evening as well as some in-flight photos of the bird.
For more pictures please check out the red-shafted flicker gallery.

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