Northern Flicker female feeding lone nestling [June; Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]
Lumped with the "Yellow-shafted" Flicker taxonomically, the "Red-shafted" Flicker is now known as the Northern Flicker. The "shafts" referred to are the feathers [February; somewhere in Utah]
![Northern Flicker female feeding lone nestling [June; Gunflint Trail, Superior National Forest, Cook County, Minnesota]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Woodpeckers/Northern-Flicker/i-hxP5FLG/0/fae761a2/S/Northern%20Flicker%20feedin%20young%20Cook%20Co%20MN%20sky%20added%20IMG_0009408-S.jpg)
![Lumped with the "Yellow-shafted" Flicker taxonomically, the "Red-shafted" Flicker is now known as the Northern Flicker. The "shafts" referred to are the feathers [February; somewhere in Utah]](https://photos.smugmug.com/BIRDS/Woodpeckers/Northern-Flicker/i-G6HwFNf/0/3cc3c798/S/Northern%20Flicker%20Final-261Red-shaftedFlicker-Utah2-04-S.jpg)