Record #201515

Page: Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus)

Date: 1/31/2009 Date

County: Anne Arundel County

State: Maryland

Country: United States

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) at Fort Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1/31/2009).

A Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) at Fort Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1/31/2009).

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) at Fort Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1/31/2009).

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) at Fort Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1/31/2009).

Caught sleeping - Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) at Fort Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1/31/2009).

A Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) at Fort Smallwood Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1/31/2009). With wings fully extended, you can see the yellow shafts of the feathers that give our eastern birds their subspecies name, Yellow-shafted Flicker.