northern flickers

there has been alot of these guys this year~more than i have ever seen~i am fond of these birds~members of the woodpecker family~altho you can't see it in the pic there is a bright almost a triangle of red on the nape of their necks~there were three sitting on the fence by the bird feeder which suprised me because they feed on insects in the ground and in tree bark~they make the most wonderful sound~loud~kind of like letting me know they are out there~ahh the love of mom nature ;)