Flicker (as opposed to "Flickr")

Pressing on towards Valentine's Day, I probably won't have enough time or residual wits about me to do much more than post a picture or two...and that, only if I somehow have the incredible luck for my inspiration to correspond with a spare moment to run for the camera and click off a few shots...

That said, here's a flicker in my back yard feeder.

I thought it was amusing that he was planted in the middle of this little feeder that I normally use to attract chickadees and other small birds.

This guy is definitely not a chickadee. Or small. In fact, he pretty much takes up the whole feeder all by himself.

I've never seen a flicker in my feeders before, though I've seen them pecking around on the grounds underneath. Looks like my wild bird seed with suet nuggets found a fan...