The male Northern Flicker stands watch outside the tree nest while the female is inside.
He stands outside the nest for several minutes at a time, sometimes going inside briefly.
The male Northern Flicker stands watch outside the tree nest while the female is inside.
He stands outside the nest for several minutes at a time, sometimes going inside briefly.
We have several species of woodpeckers in our backyard. Here’s a male downy woodpecker eating suet in an enclosure we created to keep out top feeding birds.