The second new bird that I found on my prairie walk yesterday was the Northern Flicker. This is quite the bird. From a distance I thought, it's just a robin but I took a few pictures of it anyway. When I looked at the back of the camera on zoom, I saw that this was no Robin. Yellow tail, yellowish breast with brown spots all over it, a black bib and a huge red spot on the back of its head. This was a bird designed by a committee!!! Never knew a bird with such exotic coloring existed and so close to our house. Definitely never seen one of those before, not even in passing. So, looking forward to future discoveries.
