Stoshowicz
Senior Member
Male northern or red shafted flicker, has red malar , and the brown doesnt extend all the way back on the head ( negating guilded flicker)
Here I was going to chime in on being able to identify the European Starling. It's one of the few I know, but I'm too late. LOL
Saw this bird briefly before it disappeared back in the hole. Highly trimmed in camera to show colors. I was thinking Starling, but it looks different than the photos in my book and Merlin is useless without a tail.
What I saw.
With a hole in the wall like that, I would call it a "Destructive Bird." Ha!
Thank you. I dont recall ever seeing one before.Its a Northern Harrier, looks like an adult female.