{"id":59704,"date":"2019-08-24T05:44:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T11:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=59704"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:13:33","slug":"immature-northern-flicker-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/08\/24\/immature-northern-flicker-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Immature Northern Flicker In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImmatureImmature Northern Flicker perched on a dead branch<\/span><\/p>\n

This immature Northern Flicker was one of the last birds I spotted and photographed three days ago while up in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> and I was happy that she stayed long enough for me to take a nice series of images of her. I haven’t had many opportunities to take photos of flickers this year because they have been skittish or too far away. I also didn’t get to spend much time where the flickers would have been excavating nesting cavities and nesting and I have found that is one of the best times of the year to see them regularly in the same location.<\/p>\n

Her plumage is a bit messy but I honestly don’t care. I know that she is a young female because the black patch on her upper chest isn’t fully developed and a young male at this age would show some hint of a red malar stripe and nape crescent.<\/p>\n

Shortly after I took this photo the young Northern Flicker took off and although I did get a sharp lift off photo of her I clipped a bit of her bill and wing tip. I wish I hadn’t done that!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Northern Flicker photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This immature Northern Flicker was one of the last birds I spotted and photographed three days ago while up in the Wasatch Mountains and I was happy that she stayed long enough for me to take a nice series of images of her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,4594,2255,26,773],"tags":[4897,3940,2257,4070,3705,4931,4067,6022,4069,3704,4104,4777,2146,4193],"class_list":["post-59704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-morgan-county","category-northern-flicker","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-branch","tag-canyon","tag-colaptes-auratus","tag-female","tag-flicker","tag-flickers","tag-immature","tag-messy","tag-mountains","tag-northern-flicker","tag-perched","tag-woodpecker","tag-woodpeckers","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t