Nature Notebook
- Eileen Carlson
- 2 hours ago
- 1 min read
The best sinks to wash dishes in are ones with windows close by. This week I observed two northern flickers for about ten minutes foraging on the ground around an old stump and a grassy area while scrubbing plates.
The two strikingly patterned woodpeckers were fervently digging with their slightly curved beaks, presumably eating their favorite meal, ants and beetles. You can ID a northern flicker by their black bib, spotted chest, and a white flash on the rump. They are a little less than a foot tall and in the eastern United States they will have some yellow in their wings and tail.
