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tth’iqt | Flicker

by Michelle Parent

Northern flicker
[Colaptes auratus] • The northern flicker is a type of woodpecker. It is one of the few species of woodpecker that migrates. Its primary source of food is ants and unlike most other woodpeckers it spends most of its time on the ground foraging.


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