Biological Name: Colaptes auratus
Common Name: Northern red-shafted flicker
 
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Arboretum [x]
Bolsa Chica []
Carbon Canyon []
Casper []
Craig [x]
Gilman []
Home []
Hort []
Laguna Lake[]
Newport []
Rancho []
Santiago []
Tri-city []
Yorba []
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Female [x]
Adult [x]
Juvenile []


 
Log:
Date/Location Notes
20-02-2015/Arboretum spotted male digging grubs in the lawn at the second pond; very skiddish, flying almost immediately. Followed back to the large eucs on the north boundary. It jumped about for 10 minutes before coming to rest.
09-03-2015/Craig counted 9+ females grub feeding on the grass bank on the east side of the parking spaces at upper end of northwest feeder creek. Spotted a single male high up in one of the pines.

 
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adult male/Arboretum/22-02-2015

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adult female/Craig/09-03-2015

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adult female/Craig/09-03-2015

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adult female/Craig/09-03-2015