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Northern Flicker through Binoculars

Posted by Liz Anderson,
North Country explorer from Andover, Massachusetts
April 22, 2025

We came across this Northern Flicker in the enchanted forest of SLU's campus during my ornithology class lab! Northern Flickers are my current favorite bird, and they are a species I wasn't aware of before taking ornithology. I took this photo through my binoculars, so I'm hoping I come across another sometime soon when I have my camera with me to get a better picture.