Not yet spotted. 2016-nov-16 - Closeup of a Northern Flicker woodpecker, juvenile, perched in an old dead tree. At this time of year, juvenile Northern Flickers are leaving their nests. The spots and dull colors help to hide them from predators. On walks, don’t be surprised if you scare one up from the ground. My juvenile flicker. Sound like trouble? The gilded flicker closely resembles the northern flicker and combines some features of the yellow-shafted (yellow wings and tail base) and the red-shafted (head pattern). Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with a gentle expression and handsome black-scalloped plumage. Flickers are gray-brown with black bars on their back and buff-colored with black polka dots on their belly. If I'm incorrect on the identification of this bird, please feel free to comment below! - Deb Northern Flickers in their everyday outfits blend in with their habitat. - Colaptes auratus - Northern Flicker male juvenile The undersides of its wings and tail-feathers flash with coppery-red, giving the bird the Juvenile Northern Flicker Hardly out of his baby feathers, Look at the fuzzy ones on his flanks. View large. The Northern Flicker March 6, 2017 The Northern Flicker is a woodpecker, but one that hardly looks the part. Well, just because a young bird is on the ground doesn’t necessarily mean it’s sick or injured. It’s not where you’d expect to find a woodpecker, but flickers eat mainly ants and beetles, digging for them with their unusual, slightly curved bill. Juvenile Northern Flicker The pose, the colors, the background, the surrounding, everything seems to fall into place for that image and the most important factor, you were behind the camera with the right lens. This young Northern Flicker is calling from the ground. Where most woodpeckers are a reliable mix of black, white, and bits of red, the Northern Flicker is buffy tan overall.