Yellowhammer
Interesting (for me) bird sighting here in middle-north-eastern New Jersey. We've got lots of blue jays in the back yard, but for the first time I've seen the Northern 'Yellow-Shafted' Flicker woodpecker. Big bird, overall brown-hued, flew past the window; then I saw several on the ground. One of the few woodpeckers to search for food around the yard (and given our recent rain, you can understand why). Nice picture on the
(current) wikipedia page
Posted by netrc at October 17, 2009 09:48 PM