A female Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) and her fledgling son come into the Suet feeder for supper. She was really loading him up! The Mother is the one on the left!
2018/06/13 | Categories: Birds, Woodpecker | Tags: Bird, Hairy Woodpecker, Mother, Nature, Outdoor, Picoides villosus, Son, Woodpecker | Leave a comment
A Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) female. I’m glad to see this female around. She been away. Maybe now the male, her mate, will quite banging on our chimney!
2018/04/15 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Northern Flicker | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Colaptes auratus, Female, Nature, Northern Flicker, Outdoor, Woodpecker | 2 Comments
A male Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) enjoying the suet in one of our feeders.
2018/03/02 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Downy Woodpecker, Woodpecker | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Downy Woodpecker, Empress tree, Nature, Outdoor, Suet, Woodpecker | 1 Comment
A Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Yellow shafted, keeps and eye on the Starlings. They have a constant battle as to who’s going to dominate the suet feeder.
2018/02/24 | Categories: Aldergrove, Northern Flicker | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Maple Tree, Nature, Northern Flicker, Outdoor, Woodpecker, Yellow Shafted | 4 Comments
It seems as January progresses we have been enveloped in the gloomies. Natural light has been non-existant, almost! Here’s a dreamy version of a Red Shafted Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) high in the Maple tree.
2018/01/25 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Northern Flicker | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Nature, Northern Flicker, Outdoor, Red Shafted, Woodpecker | 4 Comments
Here’s a regular visitor to our feeders. These guys really like our Suet. This one is a Intergrade Northern Flicker Yellow Shafted (Colaptes auratus)
2018/01/22 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Norther Flicker | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Intergrade, Nature, Northern Flicker, Outdoor, Woodpecker, Yellow Shafted | 4 Comments
This lovely lady Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) likes to sit way up there on the top of this Maple tree in our neighbours yard.
2017/12/15 | Categories: Aldergrove, Birds, Norther Flicker | Tags: Aldergrove, Backyard, Bird, Nature, Northern Flicker, Outdoor, Woodpecker | 2 Comments
