May 11 , 2011 Birdwatching Dot Com Fairfield, Iowa
Northern flickers are "yellow-shafted" in eastern North America and "red-shafted" in the west. Here a female of the yellow-shafted race takes wing and reveals her yellow shafts.
Photo copyright 2011 Michael and Diane Porter
—Diane Porter
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Everyone interested in watching wild birds deserves her or his very own binoculars.
A good binocular for getting started does not have to be expensive, but it should have good optical quality.
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A field guide (bird book) will help you to recognize the birds that share your life.
One that we like a lot is the National Geographic Guide to Birds of North America, Fifth Edition. It covers all the birds in North America, and the illustrations are beautiful.
