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Can anyone identigy this bird? It hit my window pretty good this
morning and I was just wondering what type it is. it appears to me to
be some type of woodpecker.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...6/100_0927.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...6/100_0928.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...6/100_0929.jpg

A red shafted northern flicker. A member of the woodpecker family, and a
beautiful bird.

Verify at:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAbou...n_Flicker.html

Be very careful! Birding is as addictive as home repair. rec.birds has a
nice discussion, and there is a binary group that posts and let you post
pictures of birds you have taken for free.

Steve