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Northern Flicker in the Yard

July 2, 2009 Elizabeth

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 … [Read more...]

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