Red-shafted Northern Flicker Stops In At Hellgate – Sept. 6, 2017

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Look who popped by the nest for a close up on the Hellgate Osprey cam. This handsome woodpecker is a Northern Flicker. You might notice that the undersides of the wing and tail feathers are red on this bird, but did you know that these feathers are bright yellow in some other Northern Flickers? The red-shafted subspecies is found in western North America, whereas the yellow-shafted subspecies inhabits eastern regions! Watch live with updates, tweets, and highlights at http://AllAboutBirds.org/ospreys Watch the cam and learn about the Montana Osprey Project at http://hs.umt.edu/osprey/ ********************************* This Osprey nest is at the mouth of the spectacular Hellgate Canyon at the edge of Missoula, Montana. It’s in a very busy location, right outside the Riverside Health Care Center and next to busy parking lots, a construction site, a busy highway, and a railroad. However, it’s also an ideal location in many ways, since these Ospreys have riverfront property only about 50 feet from the Clark Fork River. Being so close to people does not bother them, and hundreds of people enjoy watching them every day. The female Osprey at this nest is called Iris because she has very distinctive spots on her iris, especially in her left eye. These iris patterns serve as individual barcodes and allow us to identify her. She has nested at this site for many years. Her mate of many years, Stanley, did not return in 2016, and she attempted to breed with a new male dubbed "Lo

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