Category Archives: Birds & Wildlife

Birds & Wildlife

NORTHERN FLICKER

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any bird pictures as part of this blog’s “other things up in the air”.

We have a pair of Northern flickers that love our ‘upside down’ suet feeders. In recent months, they’re feasting almost every morning after 8 AM.

These pictures were taken this morning—

Northern Flicker
Northern Flicker – this picture reveals he has a broken upper beak.

Northern Flicker on upside-down suet feeder

Birds & Wildlife

PILEATED WOODPECKER

It’s been five years since I had last seen a Pileated Woodpecker in our backyard. Despite the 17º temperatures this morning, there he was—

Male Pileated Woodpecker today in backyard. (The male has a red stripe near the beak.) (Click on image for a larger view.)

What an incredible looking bird! He was “working” on the tree for about 15 minutes—

Pileated Woodpecker Video -Jan 2022
Pileated Woodpecker (male) photographed about 80 feet away.

Here’s a sequel…

Pileated Woodpecker – The sequel Jan 2022
Birds & Wildlife

SOME BIRDS OF 2020-21

It’s been awhile since I posted some bird pictures. All of my bird pictures can be found in this site’s “Birds and Wildlife” category.

Usually I devote a single post to a single bird, but here’s a brief medley of some birds I captured on camera during late 2020 or early 2021 All, except the Pileated Woodpecker, were on our bird feeders or in our backyard.

Northern Flicker  (Click on image for a larger view.)

 

Northern Flicker (Click on image for a larger view.)

 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Click on image for a larger view.)

 

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  (Click on image for a larger view.)

 

Red-Tailed Hawk in the backyard Click on image for a larger view.)

 

A common, simple but pretty Nuthatch (Click on image for a larger view.)

 

Pileated Woodpecker seen in Fort Washington State Park in October 2020.
Captured (unfortunately) only on an iPhone at a distance.

At the present time, we have a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers that have created another home in an old tree in our backyard. I hope to have some decent videos of them soon.