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This Northern Flicker woodpecker — a yellow-shafted one — aims its beak towards an approaching fly, taking a break from digging in grass of a Young's Beach front yard for its standard food source, ants.

Rob McKinley
Jun 14, 2020 11:50 AM

Flicker eating fly — Back from its winter holiday down south, a Northern Flicker woodpecker prepares to dine on a Lac La Biche fly as it roots for ants in a Young's Beach yard on Saturday. Image: Rob McKinley

This Northern Flicker woodpecker — a yellow-shafted one — aims its beak towards an approaching fly, taking a break from digging in grass of a Young's Beach front yard for its standard food source, ants.

About the Author: Rob McKinley

Rob has been in the media, marketing and promotion business for 30 years, working in the public sector, as well as media outlets in major metropolitan markets, smaller rural communities and Indigenous-focused settings.

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