woodland birds

Nesting Northern Flickers Provide Nests For Other Birds

By Mia McPherson|May 1st, 2020|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Northern Flickers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, breeding season, Colaptes auratus, conifer, flicker, flickers, forest, male, mountains, nest, nesting, nesting cavity, Northern Flicker, primary cavity nesters, rest, resting, secondary cavity nesters, woodland birds, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

By excavating their own nests Northern Flickers provide nests for other woodland birds that can't excavate nesting cavities on their own and those nests can be used over and over again. Nature is brilliant.

Wonderful Lifers – Williamson’s Sapsuckers at their nesting tree

By Mia McPherson|June 1st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Williamson's Sapsuckers|Tags: adult, ants, aspen, blind, coniferous forests, excavation, female, forest, lifer, male, Montana, mountains, nest, nesting cavity, nesting tree, photographing, sap wells, sapsucker, sapsuckers, secretive species, sexual differences, Sphyrapicus thyroideus, squeal call, tree, Williamson's Sapsucker, woodland birds, woodpecker, woodpeckers|

I could barely contain myself because in my viewfinder was a gorgeous red, yellow and black colored male Williamson's Sapsucker.