Saturday, July 3, 2010

Fine Feathered Friends

We’ve seen a lot of familiar birds like the common grackle,

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but today we had to break out the field guide again to figure out what was feasting in our yard.  We decided these are yellow-shafted northern flickers.  The two with the black mustache are the males and the other is the female. 

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In this picture you can see the red spot on the nape that is characteristic of the female. 

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The other day Jay and the kids saw a tree swallow but we weren’t able to get its picture because it was flying against the wind and then decided it was too much of a struggle to get to our feeder and it flew away.  I didn’t take this picture but I just want you to see how pretty they are . . .

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