There is a bird out in my yard(in Denver) that I don’t know I’ve ever scene before. There is this ant hill that has been anoying me for ever but I can’t get rid of it. But this bird is just going to town digging in to it and ripping to to shreads like he’s on crack, and I need to know what kind of bird it is, cause I want to know if there is a way to encourage him to stay around. He has a long pointed beak, and a grey head. His wings are a mostly brown with slight reddish tint. His body under the wings is white, and he has a dark black spot(inch diameter) on his chest. The whole body, except the head, has black spots in a fairly regular pattern.
Is it my infamous Norther Flicker made famous by this thread.
Incidentally, I did find a way to chase the bugger away - can you say “Super Soaker”? I knew you could…
Yeah thats it i’m pretty sure. I figured it was probably some form of woodpecker since it was making like 4 strikes a second into the anthill. Mine was closest to the one at the bottom on
http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/speciesaccounts/NORTHERNFLICKER.htm
But without the red spot, and a longer looking neck,but the site says there are a lot of subspecies, so it was most likely one of those.
Well if it is a woodpecker then there is likely no way to get it to stay, cause all my trees are covered in squirrels. :(, oh well I was hoping to have a free bug control expert.
Thanks man.
It could be another woodpecker. Many species are similar. Compare here Perhaps the ladder-back?
Not knowing its gender, I’ll name it Pat.