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A buddy and I got a couple good pics of a Northern Flicker today and the description displayed on this website is Partially Inaccurate, and very unhelpful in our search. If someone could please update the description to portray a more accurate account for what the bird looks like it might save someone else a massive migraine. Enclosed is the link to what the bird actually looks like please feel free to comment on the differences, Thanks.

 http://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/northern_flicker_info.htm

 

                                                                                             Sincerely,

                                                                                                            Your Friends in South Dakota

You are so right.  Where the illustrator has red it should be black and they don't have any red on the nape .  Those were two most obvious errors

Hope they fix it before someone else goes crazy trying to ID a bird!

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Matthew 6:26

Hello & Welcome!

Thank you for your info and I hope it promts them to check that out.  I'm sorry you had a hard time finding your bird.  I have Yellow form of the Nothern Flicker and they are quite beautiful birds.  Thanks for the link! Those are some AWESOME pictures and good information on the bird. I'd like to share with you a picture my husband took of the Northern Flicker  http://www.whatbird.com/forums/photos/jens_birds/picture21172.aspx

 Have a Great day,

Jen

That is indeed a nice picture of the Yellow-shafted Flicker, our image is of a Red-shafted Flicker and the moustachial stripe is red and the face is gray on that variation.  We will add the Yellow-shafted variation to our list of drawings to add to the site.  I will go in and change the text to point out what variation we are showing.  Thanks.

 

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I have also changed the description to include the Yellow-shafted on the general descriptions, it will show up live as soon as we update our database.  Thanks again.

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Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal

Thank you, Janeybug!