excuse the crappy photo, but is this

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

a yellow flicker?

[Xipe Totec]

1. I'm no expert,

but Maestro is, when it comes to birds.

You should PM him.

[Celebration]

2. from my national geographic book

northern flicker, iirc A little bit addictive, it is..............I have to take the picture FIRST, and ID later, LOL

[GentryDixon]

7. My flicker is named Spot.

He and his mate have been coming to my feeders for about three years. I call his (assumed) mate Spotina.

[Celebration]

3. "yellow bellied northern flicker"

There you have it. Aren't they cool looking? I never remember seeing one until I snapped the pictures. Because of the behavior I knew to look in the woodpecker section of the bird book. I'm getting a bit better, but still don't consider myself good at identifying birds.

[jhain]

4. yep!

Great capture, Wanna Jump!
I saw one for the first time ( have seen the red marked version many times but it was my first yellow sighting) back during the Blizzards of oh ten. ( a few weeks ago) . The wetlands and woodlands here in Cape May County were so snow covered for so long ( now we are 'historically' flooded) that many birds were appearing that I had never seen...or only had a rare glimpse of. Nice to see one here!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. interestingly, I had never seen one either

but I have heard them before, and thought they were something else

they must be shy

it is rare to put a new checkmark in my 30-year-old Petersen!

[jhain]

6. I know that feeling!

Still exciting.