NORTHERN FLICKER 73 



21. Northern Flicker 



Colaptes auratus luteus 



The Flicker, or Yellow-Hammer, is a 

 regular visitor to the Garden, and usually 

 several birds come each season. There have 

 been comparatively few March records of 

 the species. Many of the occurrences are 

 of a single bird. Once, however, in 1906, 

 on April 14, three birds were seen and again 

 seen the day following. Several times a 

 visit has been prolonged ten or twelve days, 

 especially in the case of visitors in April. 

 Not infrequently the strong, lusty song has 

 been heard, and the sharp call also. In the 

 case of a bird which remained to May 23, 

 in 1906, the song came one morning from 

 the roof of the Sears residence on Arling- 

 ton Street. The visitors often pass over to 

 the Common and back again. Occasionally 

 they drop to the ground and feed, but are 

 generally upon the larger trees and often 

 fly to the willows on the island. 



In evidence of the nesting of Flickers 

 on the Common, Dr. Manning K. Rand 



