Flock of Northern Flickers - Nashua Mine Falls

[Jarrod Williams]

Typically you find Norther Flickers as pairs or solitary. Yesterday 09/15, I was delighted to encounter a "flock" of approximately 24 Flickers (that I was able to count). They were foraging in a group on the Soifert Memorial Fields in Mine Falls Park in Nashua. I knew that this was typical during migration, but it was very cool to see that many Yellow-shafted Northern Flickers at time. 

I was coming out of the woods on a trail that enters onto the soccer field and spotted a sizable group of birds (couldn't tell what they were at a distance) and they spotted me at the same time and more than half of them immediately burst into the air toward nearby trees. The other half were still bounding around foraging. When they took flight and I could see all the yellow under wings it was then that I knew they were all Northern Flickers. 

Here is link to a subpar photo I was able to get before the remainder took flight. 

https://flic.kr/p/2rtMrRy

Best,

Jarrod