Author Topic: Need help in Identification (Read 5456 times)

grandpawrichard · « **on:** October 22, 2008, 05:12:16 PM »

This afternoon I had a bird smack into our front room window and I mean really smack into it! It didn't kill the bird, but it sure made him lay on our front sidewalk for about 10 minutes.
I grabbed my camera and went out to take some photos because I couldn't find a picture of it in our bird books. Does anyone know what kind of bird this is?

Luckily the poor bird survived the ordeal and finally flew away. I bet it wondered what that big goofy looking thing was that had a massive beard and a big black thing with a huge eye on the front that kept getting so close and making clicking sounds.

Dick

robodad · « **Reply #1 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:21:23 PM »

Them are sure some tiny photos GPR, What happened to your camera !!

Curly · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:24:09 PM »

It kind of looks like a Flicker, but I don't think they have that many spots.

Timberstalker · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:25:41 PM »

Flicker x2

elkwarrior · « **Reply #4 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:28:35 PM »

It's a Flicker. Birds constantly are attacking my house.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Northern_Flicker.html

boneaddict · « **Reply #5 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:32:03 PM »

Flicker. Go out and blow your predator call. You know you are doing it right if they show up.

robodad · « **Reply #6 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:33:10 PM »

I was going to say one of the thrush family but it does look like those flickers too !!

grandpawrichard · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:40:24 PM »

Wow! You guys are Fast!

I have lived here in Washington all my life and this is The First one of these birds I have ever seen!

He was a pretty good sized bird too! He was laying broadside on the sidewalk and he took up 1/2 of it!

I was sure glad to see him get up on his feet and finally fly away!

I was even more than happy to be able to get within inches of him to photograph him.

I guess it pays to always have a camera ready to grab some photos at a moments notice!

Dick

saylean · « **Reply #8 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:40:46 PM »

You mean it ran right into trouble although it should have been able to see right through it...?!~

I would say its an Obama voter...

pretty bird.

grandpawrichard · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2008, 05:49:26 PM »

Quote from: saylean on October 22, 2008, 05:40:46 PM

You mean it ran right into trouble although it should have been able to see right through it...?!~

I would say its an Obama voter...

pretty bird.

Or a Hilary Supporter!

Dick

Kain · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2008, 06:59:48 PM »

Quote from: boneaddict on October 22, 2008, 05:32:03 PM

Flicker. Go out and blow your predator call. You know you are doing it right if they show up.

Thats funny, I thought I was doing it all wrong. All I can seem to call in is flickers and hawks.

demontang · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2008, 07:28:06 PM »

Thats a flicker, my parents have alot of them over at there place.

billythekidrock · « **Reply #12 on:** October 22, 2008, 07:52:07 PM »

Quote from: grandpawrichard on October 22, 2008, 05:40:24 PM

Wow! You guys are Fast! I have lived here in Washington all my life and this is The First one of these birds I have ever seen!

I bet you have seen them before.
When you drive logging roads, etc. they will always flush and fly down the road in an up and down (flicking

) motion.

popeshawnpaul · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:05:54 PM »

To be exact, isn't it a Northern Flicker? I need to look in my books. I knew it was a woopecker of some sort right away.

demontang · « **Reply #14 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:15:21 PM »

I believe thats the full name pope

grandpawrichard · « **Reply #15 on:** October 23, 2008, 09:31:09 AM »

Thanks to the photos and internet postings I have learned a lot about The Northern Flicker.

I never realized what kind of bird I would see flying beside the back roads until now. I guess it shows "you are never to old to learn something new".

Thanks to all that helped educate me last night!

Dick

stlhdr1 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 24, 2008, 09:45:51 AM »

It's a red-shafted Flicker. We have 2 kinds around here the Red shafted and yellow shafted flickers.

Keith

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