Wildlife & Related

**Irving** · 02-10-2021, 10:54

Got another bird mystery for you Hummer. My brother found this guy in his carport the other night. He thought it was a wasps nest at first. He said the bird just kept it's head tucked in and didn't move at all. Know what it might be?

**Hummer** · 02-10-2021, 11:20

That's a large woodpecker, a Red-shafted Flicker, named for the red feather shafts in the tail. Great birds with a distinctly tropical bird like song. They roost in our nest boxes and live just about everywhere. East of the Front Range you'll find more of the Yellow-shafted Flicker and hybrids with red and yellow feather shafts. They eat lots of bugs.

**Irving** · 02-10-2021, 11:39

Thank you.

**Hummer** · 03-19-2021, 18:01

This morning we watched a cow and calf moose browse their way down the river and cross to the other side. In the afternoon I followed some tracks into the forest and spotted them lying down and chewing their their cud, 60 yards from the cabin. A while later the calf walked by the window next to my computer desk, five feet from me. I chatted with them as they browsed through the yard and up the driveway to the neighbors.

It's always fun to see the big deer in the yard. Which reminds me, I need to submit my cow moose hunting application....I could potentially draw this year.