Pics from the Woods

[thewoodlands]

These little guys kept the cat busy for a couple of hours, can anyone ID the bird?

zap

 

[scroungerjeff]

Looks like a type of woodpecker. A redbelly or a flicker, perhaps. Did it have a crest?

 

[thewoodlands]

I think you correct on the northern flicker.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_flicker/sounds
zap

 

[rottiman]

Yup, northern Flicker is your winner..............................I ll venture a guess on the bottom one........BLUE JAY, LOL Must be like fantasy land for that cat!

 

[Mrs. Krabappel]

 

[scroungerjeff]

Flickers are pretty interesting birds. They make nests in the strangest places. I've seen them banging their bills off of metal poles trying to get in. I also had one last fall drilling holes in my cedar siding along the chimney. Hope that doesn't mean I have ants in there! Loads of them migrate through our area in the fall too.

 

[ScotO]

those chippies are cute little buggers but they can be a real PITA. The guy who owns the property at the job we just finished up on has a chipmunk epidemic over there. There must have been a hundred on his property, fighting and carrying on, getting in his garage, etc. I like looking at them when they are NOT on my property.......lol. Great pics, Zap.