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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) I’m pretty sure this is a female…
Last October, I stumbled upon a group of Northern Flickers at a local wetlands area. This one was quite cooperative as I crept closer to get the shot. I think she was trying to decide if I was a threat.
I love this pose you’ve captured - something a bit different! Keeping the green background on the left while also leaving room in the direction of the flickers gaze works well for me
(a little disclaimer - I’m a beginner, and very new to NPN )
This is a lovely shot of this flicker with beautiful detail, David. I like the perch and the head turn is great. I’m a bit ambivalent about the left side. I’d like more perch over there, though I know you probably couldn’t do anything about that. The problem I have is that the background is so dark that it looks like the edge of the perch is the edge of the image. Maybe lightening the background a bit or using a border might dispel that illusion.
Lovely image of the flicker, David. It’s the head turn that really works for me on this one. I also like the little squiggly lines coming out of the chest of the bird onto the tree. Very interesting. I agree with @Dennis_Plank regarding the green background. If you dodged it, it might look like more a part o f the scene. It wouldn’t take much. You must have been wearing your non threatening clothes this day. Well done.
Wonderful!! I love the pose and the look, and the weathered perch. I think I could go with an even lighter BG.
I’m not a birder but wonder if this is a young male that hasn’t grown the red mustache yet? Looks like the coloring is starting to appear?
We have a male roosting 15 ft outside my studio door for the second year in a row and there is absolutely no way he is going to let me get pictures. Last winter he was roosting on a small brace under the deck roof so we bought a flicker house. He moved in, and when nesting season came he found a mate, but she didn’t like the neighborhood. (And I had given up the idea of photographing him by then.) Surprisingly, he’s back again this winter.
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