We’ve had a northern flicker come bug-hunting outside our condo for a little while now, and today it seemed like it would stay long enough for me to grab a few shots, so I did. I had to shoot through a dirty living room window, so I did what I could to clean up the shots (they are grainy if you zoom in, alas). And it was almost too close at times to keep in frame. Shot with my Canon EOS M50.
Right side:
![](https://creolened.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flicker2-scaled.jpg)
Left side:
![](https://creolened.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flicker3.jpg)