Re: [cobirds] Unknown Woodpecker, Montrose Colorado, Dec 04 25

For all those thinking this woodpecker could be a flicker, I'll ask for a link showing a Flicker looking similar to the full sunlight back of this bird.  I've never seen such a Northern Flicker, so do share.

Thanks. 

On Friday, December 5, 2025 at 2:03:52 PM UTC-7 Ron W wrote:

I'm actually going to delete this image from my incidental report.  I took the first series of photos of the woodpecker I could not identify, then made some adjustments on my phone, checked on the dog I was walking, and resumed taking photos of the same area of the tree.  The ones to focus on are in full light, earlier in the series.  This doesn't even look like the same bird, and might not be.  

On Friday, December 5, 2025 at 1:45:11 PM UTC-7 Caoimhín Perkins wrote:

It's little hard to tell but these do look more like spots than in the other photos. I do not see any red personally but taking another look at this photo is interesting.

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