In the woodpecker group, Family - Picidae…

Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

Gilded Flicker, in particular



Today, heading in to bathe. First pic is dry, next two he's taking a bath. You can see him closing an eye and shaking off the water. A point of interest is that he's bathing in an actual 1,000 year old metate.

Canon Digital Rebel XT SLR - Canon 75-300 mm IS Lens - IS in 'OFF' position, Shutter 1/500, Aperture 8.0, ISO 800

Location: My place, north of Tucson, Arizona

Nice shots!

I wish I was still in my house, because condo life doesn't make attracting birds too easy .

I really need to get back to Tx and Az , because that's were I had the most success with bird imagery(well besides florida waders). I am more of a raptor/neotropical chaser, but woodpecker are great too.