I know the feeling

Nice one!

Beautiful!

I had to search for images of the adult, I had never seen this bird! Really stunning, young and old.

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Thanks for the reposts!

A beauty!

I look forward to seeing this sweet +salacious video when it has been posted!

You're so kind, Luis, thank you! Have a great weekend!

Aw

Nailed it!

I know they like to keep moving, excellent shot.

A Blue-winged Teal drake – a small, buff-colored dabbling duck speckled with darker spots with a bluish head and a prominent white vertical stripe in front of its eye extending down below its black bill – floats calmly on a shallow marsh among bits of emerging vegetation. Its tail feathers are primarily black, striped with white, with just a patch of vibrant blue toward its wings. Behind it floats a Green-winged Teal drake, with a cinnamon-brown head that has a bright green streak from above and behind its eye extending to the back of its head. Its body is feathered with black and white feathers that make it appear gray from a distance, and it has a bright green patch toward its tail feathers between its wings and body.

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) and Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis), Howard Marsh Metropark, Curtice, Ohio, USA, April 2026. ©2026 #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #howardmarsh #toledo #ohio #spring

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Thanks for reposting!

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Thanks for reposting!

I do like their call ... nice shot!

Thank you! Before I started photographing and learning more about birds, while cycling through the woods I would from time to time see unknown white-rumped birds flying up from the ground. Then I learned here on Bluesky that Northern Flickers love to eat ants ... Mystery solved!

Thanks, Luis! Have a great week!

Nice to see you, hope all is well

Any time!

Thank you! Always a treat to see or hear one of these beauties.

Thank you! I have a few friends up that way in MI!

A male Northern Flicker – a medium-sized woodpecker – is perched at an angle on a mostly bare tree branch with some buds visible in the background, peering upward with one bright, black eye visible on a sunny, early spring day. The bird is mostly a light and dark creamy tan color, with a black "bib" on its breast and black patches extending backward from the beak, under the eye. The back of its head is gray with a distinct heart-shaped red patch (the females heads are mostly gray). Its breast is dotted with striking black spots, and its wings are gray barred with black. It has very bright yellow tail feathers, just barely visible in this photo as its tail is helping to stabilize the bird on the branch. It has a long, powerful beak.

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Middlegrounds Metropark, Toledo, Ohio, USA, March 2026. ©2026 #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography #middlegrounds #toledo #ohio #spring

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Thanks, Linda! It's so much easier to find the birds before the leaves are out ... But I look forward to the challenge and the more dynamic backgrounds.

Thanks, Linda! It's so much easier to find the birds before the leaves are out ... But I look forward to the challenge and the more dynamic backgrounds.

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Thanks for reposting!

Scale.

Thank you for reposting, @annaquent.bsky.social!

Awesome!