FLICKER
412. Colaptes auratus. 13 inches
Male with a black moustache mark; female without, although young females in the first plumage show some black.
These birds are very often known as “Golden-winged Woodpeckers,” “High-holes” and about a hundred other names in different localities. Flickers are found commonly in woods, orchards, or trees by the roadside; on pleasant days their rapidly uttered, rolling whistle may be heard at all hours of the day.
Note.—A rapidly repeated whistle, “cuk,” “cuk,” “cuk”; an emphatic “quit-u,” “quit-u,” and several others of a similar nature.
Nest.—A cavity in a tree, at any distance from the ground. The white eggs usually vary in number from five to ten, but they have been known to lay as many as seventy-one, where an egg was taken from the nest each day.
Range.—South Atlantic States. The Northern Flicker (luteus) is found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains.
RED-SHAFTED FLICKER
413. Colaptes cafer collaris. 13 inches