Northern Flicker*
Colaptes auratus
 (L 12.5" WS 20" WT 4.6 oz)
Often feeds on the ground...
unlike all other woodpeckers.
Don Jones,
XC12894
*Yellow-shafted
eastern/Taiga race
Columbus Park
Chicago
04Apr2013
Morton Arboretum
28Nov2008
The saddest thing I ever did see
Was a woodpecker peckin‘ at a plastic tree.
He looks at me, and “Friend,” says he,
“Things ain’t as sweet as they used to be.”
      (Shel Silverstein)
State bird of Alabama.