🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), heard yesterday evening, 92% confidence. 💡 Unusual among woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker feeds mostly on the ground, especially on ants. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), heard yesterday afternoon, 74% confidence. 💡 The Red-bellied Woodpecker's namesake reddish belly wash is often barely visible in the field. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), heard yesterday afternoon, 83% confidence. 💡 Every House Sparrow in North America descends from a small number introduced in New York City in the 1850s. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), heard yesterday evening, 75% confidence. 💡 Despite the name, the Common Nighthawk isn't a hawk at all — it's related to nightjars and catches insects on the wing at dusk. #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), heard last night, 51% confidence. 💡 The Great Horned Owl is one of the few predators that regularly kills and eats skunks. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), heard yesterday afternoon, 60% confidence. 💡 A male House Finch's red coloring comes entirely from diet, not genetics — pale food, pale male. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong

🐦 Backyard Bird of the Day Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio) — heard yesterday evening, 83% confidence. 💡 The Eastern Screech-Owl comes in two color forms, gray and reddish, and both can hatch in the same nest. More: jacobgrogan.com/birds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BackyardBirds #Birdsong