Northern Fliker

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_flicker/id

 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

The northern flickers belong to the Picidae family.

They are big woodpeckers, right a round face. They are brown with white, red, black, yellow and grey patterns. 

• They are found in woods, parks and urban areas. They feed on insects, seeds and berries. They forage by looking up and down tree trunks, flying and sitting on branches consuming fruits.

The male guard his territory by being vocal, moving his head in an aggressive way with his wings out. Courtships are similar to aggression. The nests are in a tree or in burrows. 

• The female lays around twelve eggs, the male and female both take it in turns to incubate the eggs for sixteen days, again both parent feed the young by regurgitation. Four week after hatching they leave the nest to fend for themselves.

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Allaboutbirds.org, (2015). Northern Flicker. [online] Available at: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_flicker/id [Accessed 14 Apr. 2015].

Audubon, (2014). Northern Flicker. [online] Available at: http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/northern-flicker [Accessed 14 Apr. 2015].