Yesterday, we made it to Mississagi River Provincial Park. You can go hiking on many different trails, rent boats, paddle, canoe, white water paddle, fish, hunt, dogsled and more.
One of the birds that you can see in Mississagi River Provincial Park is the Northern Flicker. It is part of the woodpecker family. On the east coast they have the yellow shafted form of Northern Flickers, and on the west coast we have the red shafted form. The difference can be seen when they fly. The bottom of the wings and tail on the west coast flicker is an iridescent orange/red and on the east coast flicker it's iridescent yellow. The yellow shafted northern flicker have a browner back than the red shafted, which you can see when they are perched on a tree. The male yellow shafted has a black mustache, where as the red shafted has a red mustache. The female yellow shafted does not have a black mustache, but both sexes have a red crest. The average lifespan of a northern flicker is 9 years.
This is a red-shafted northern flicker.
We are 4297 km from Tofino.
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