In November 2019 I saw a western red-shafted flicker (one of ten subspecies of the northern flicker) on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. Just last month, in November 2020, I saw a western red-shafted flicker near our home in Live Oak Canyon. Yesterday I got my best photo of a western red-shafted flicker so far, in Live Oak Canyon down in the wash. It was a male with a red moustache
I love the red markings, not just on the face but also under the tail.
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