FEATHERY FRIDAY # 76

FEATHERY FRIDAY #76

It’s Friday! It’s Friday! It’s Feathery Friday! We’re going right out our back door for today’s adventure in search of a really cool little feathery friend!

MEET THE NORTHERN FLICKER!

   Range/Habitat: North-Central America/ woodlands-suburbs

   Diet: carnivore: insects

   Length/Weight: 30-35”/ 100-175 g

   Conservation Status: common 

Fun Facts:

•         Northern Flickers are members of the woodpecker family.
•          They have long pointed bills.
•          Northern flickers often feed on the ground.
•          Northern flickers long bills are used for pecking in to the ground.
•          They have spotted undersides.
•          Northern flickers have long tails.

We love it when we find a Northern Flicker pecking on the ground in our neighborhood. Who knew there were woodpeckers who didn’t just peck on trees for their dinner?