Bird Watching: northern flicker(sapsucker), 1 by notmartha

notmartha wrote:
The other morning I was getting my son ready for school when something crashed into
the window hard . you could see it skim off the window, so I ran to the door and there laying on the bottoms step was a "Flicker". I walked down and say by him and petted his head. My son brought me the camera and I snapped this picture.
He wanted to close his eyes but I kept petting him and talking to him and kept him awake.
I went back inside and got my son ready to go.
When it was time for the bus we opened the door and the Flicker flew up into the huge pine tree!
I sure wish I would have got a pic of me holding him, but I didn't want to hurt the poor fellow!