Details for Record 77849

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

Date: 11/9/2008 2008/11/09

County: Worcester County

State: Maryland

Country: United States

A male Northern Flicker in flight over Assateague Island, Worcester County, Maryland (11/9/2008). With wings fully extended, you can see the yellow shafts of the feathers that give our eastern birds their subspecies name, Yellow-shafted Flicker.