Young Northern Flicker taking a bath

I found this little guy sitting on a rock in a pond tonight. I hope he makes it out of the pond before a snapper gets him.

Nice shots. It does look forlorn sitting in the water, hope it got out and dried off.

Well the snappers gots to eat somethin' :)

Still sad to see anything suffering.

Unusual captures, Mike. Nice work.

Looks like this young flicker didn't make it. Walking around the pond this afternoon, I found what was left of a young flicker, about 30 feet or so from where I took these photos.