Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus).
The woodpecker with handsome plumage and a taste for ants.
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- Northern flicker call by Wil Hershberger (ML507419)
- Northern flicker "kew" call by Leonard J. Peyton (ML507416)
- Northern flicker "wick" call by Wil Hershberger (ML507414)
- Pileated woodpecker call by Dave Herr (ML507434)
Sources and more:
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/northern-flicker
- Dobson, C., Kassenbaum, D., Oehmke, D., & Misewicz, M. (2023). Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Scissortail LLC.
- Godfrey, M. A., & Kaufman, Kenn. (Directors). (2004). National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America [Video recording]. In Audubon videoguide to 505 birds of North America DVD I & DVD II (Fullscreen.). Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
- Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.
- Walton, R. K., & Lawson, R. W. (1989). Birding by Ear: Eastern/Central [Compact Disc]. On Eastern/Central birding by ear. Houghton Mifflin Co.
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