Bird with red gills

Today from Oregon Birders on Line

"hi ... took the dog for a run at the Sandy River Delta this afternoon
... Gene (my fisherman hubby) went with me and he had my binoculars
and I had my camera ... not many people there which was good, but
unfortunately not much bird action either ... however we hit one tree
where there were 50 or so Cedar Waxwings stripping it clean ... I
was busy snapping pix of Waxwings and red fruit and Gene was
watching the birds thru the binocs ... then he got excited about one
he saw ... he described it as "bigger than the Waxwings and smaller
than a hawk, and it has RED GILLS" ... he kept pointing high up in a
tree and I could see nothing ... meanwhile my brain is trying to
translate "red gills" into bird terms ... then I saw a large bird
flush, a nice white rump showing, and by gosh and by golly, it had
RED GILLS !!!!!!! ... a beautiful male Northern Flicker ... LOL !!!!!!"

Aren't they beautiful? We have them here year round, but I never get tired of seeing them.

Show us some pics, tigerlily

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