Northern Flicker

Birds are fast and unpredictable, which makes them tricky to shoot. This little guy was hanging out in my backyard one day, and held still long enough for me to capture this:

He's a Northern Flicker, and this is what allaboutbirds.org has to say about him:

Northern Flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with a gentle expression and handsome black-scalloped plumage. On walks, don’t be surprised if you scare one up from the ground. It’s not where you’d expect to find a woodpecker, but flickers eat mainly ants and beetles, digging for them with their unusual, slightly curved bill. When they fly you’ll see a flash of color in the wings – yellow if you’re in the East, red if you’re in the West – and a bright white flash on the rump.