Minnesota Birds
Birds of Minnesota, and especially in my own back yard in Minneapolis. In photographing birds, I go after the details; I want to be looking the bird in the eye. And that means getting close, even if it involves a bit of trickery.
I enjoy watching birds in a hard Minnesota winter, and learning about amazing skills and knowledge they need in order to survive here year round.
Prints of all my photos are available here.
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Northern yellow shafted Flicker in winter
The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a woodpecker, found in North and Central America. Ten subspecies are recognized and here in Minnesota we see this one, the "northern yellow-shafted". The black cheek markings identify a male. It's December and he probably should have moved south by now, but some stay through the winter.
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