We saw a Northern Flicker in the yard exhibiting some weird behavior. It was eating ants, it hung out for over an hour.  However, sometimes it would lay its wings flat across an ant hill or something that it had found in the yard.  Here’s some photos. In the picture to the left, you can see the flicker spreading its wings.  You can see the red patch on the head in the picture to the right.   Here he is digging into the ant hill. Above you can see a little better image of the … [Read more...]