New Bird for Me... Do you Recognize it? I was strolling in Fernbank Park near the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio the other day and I saw what I thought was a Red Breasted Woodpecker on...

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Mar 5, 2017 00:07:31 #

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

I was strolling in Fernbank Park near the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio the other day and I saw what I thought was a Red Breasted Woodpecker on the ground pecking about in the dirt...
I thought that it was unusual so I snapped a photo of it before it flew away. When I downloaded the image to my computer I was surprised to see that it wasn't a Red Breasted Woodpecker...
Does anyone out there know the name of this bird? I have looked and couldn't find it listed anywhere... I must admit that I gave up after a short look... I was hoping that someone would recognize it...

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Mar 5, 2017 00:12:46 #

trail1 Loc: san clemente

No but a beautiful shot of a beautiful bird...I hope someone identifies it

Mar 5, 2017 00:19:35 #

Wenonah Loc: Winona, MN

Male Northern Flicker.

Mar 5, 2017 00:50:01 #

Keldon Loc: Yukon, B.C.

Yup. A flicker

Mar 5, 2017 00:59:54 #

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

trail1 wrote:

No but a beautiful shot of a beautiful bird...I hope someone identifies it

Thanks for your comment... much appreciated...

Mar 5, 2017 02:25:00 #

IBM

brucew29 wrote:

I was strolling in Fernbank Park near the Ohio Riv... (show quote)

Yes it's it's a northern flicker , but it's is of the wood pecker family, there starting ro drum on my metal chimney on the roof .
There starting to clame land , as there about six of them here every day , I feed them suet in feeders I make .

Mar 5, 2017 04:55:25 #

Ed Greding Loc: Texas

What a lovely bird! I hardly know even the commonest ones, but thank you for such a nice shot.

Mar 5, 2017 05:37:30 #

fosgood11 Loc: oil city, La.

brucew29 wrote:

I was strolling in Fernbank Park near the Ohio Riv... (show quote)

flicker

Mar 5, 2017 05:43:44 #

Leicaflex Loc: Cymru

Looks like you have your answer.
Great photograph of it.

Mar 5, 2017 05:54:28 #

Wally Phyfe

And they seem to have great desire to remodel wooden houses. . .

Mar 5, 2017 06:04:06 #

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

brucew29 wrote:

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Flicker, likely male. I'm in California so I don't know your "Eastern" birds as well. Northern Flicker, Red Shafted. Not a Yellow Shafted. Not going to look up all the types or synonyms of American Flickers right now. Flickers are types of Woodpeckers. Nice bird shot.

Mar 5, 2017 06:08:56 #

Sirsnapalot Loc: Hammond, Louisiana

brucew29 wrote:

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"Yellowhammer" The Alabama State Bird!

http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-bird/alabama.html

Mar 5, 2017 09:49:40 #

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Beautiful capture.

Mar 5, 2017 12:09:36 #

brucew29 Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Thanks IBM for your comment and info... much appreciated...

My older brother worked for IBM for 35 years before retiring.... he was a Customer Engineer if my memory serves me correctly... he has passed and very much missed... he would have been 87 this year... I can remember when I was just a kid that he was required to go to school every year to keep up with new IBM technology, and he converted a spare bedroom to an IBM text book library! Thanks again for your comment and information regarding the Northern Flicker.

IBM wrote:

Mar 5, 2017 21:16:19 #

IBM

lamiaceae wrote:

For sure it's a mail ,as the woman do not have a red patch any where ,

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