Getting Closer

It's amazing how fast a bird as big as the Northern Flicker can move.  As I've worked at the computer, birds have been coming in to feed.  Several Mourning Doves stopped by and I got some shots of them.

I wasn't paying a lot of attention to the activity but suddenly out of the corner of my eye, I realized that one of the doves looked different.  Uh, yeah, it was the Northern Flickers coming in.

Not just one, but three Flickers.  One of the males looked young, maybe mom, dad and son.  Any way, got an okay pic of the female.  The two males were quicker to take off at the slightest noise or movement.  They even scared each other a couple times.  Darn they're skittish!

The white snow doesn't help a lot in getting a good shot.  It's been raining all day but I don't think the snow is going away any time soon.  Hate it when it rains and warms up on top of the snow.  It turns the entire area into an ice sheet.  Plus it's heavy to move.

Anyway, they are all a whole lot prettier than these shots suggest.  I'm sure it's all the white as the female is a bit truer to color with the other brown around her than the male is with all the white.
They are beautiful.  Hope I can get them in the tree next.