Northern Flicker In Pinetree

Northern Flickr in pine tree

Camera: Fuji X-T1
Exposure: 1/110
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: ~400mm (~600mm equivalent) Fuji 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR with Fuji 2.0x extender (~1200mm equivalent).
ISO: 1,250

This Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) seen just off the University of Utah campus, is why I love walking back and forth to work.  This bird and another one were calling back and forth to one another with a call that is absolutely unique in the avian world.

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