I photographed this northern red-shafted flicker this evening, in low light as it was very overcast here in Calgary. I was on the ground, getting as low as possible so I had a nice blurred out background. This photo was taken with the Nikon 300mm f/2.8...

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...

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!