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Monday, February 21, 2011 - Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM

Red Moustache, Northern Flicker, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, February 21, 2011
Red Moustache, Northern Flicker, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, February 21, 2011

Will that be red or black?

Male Northern Flickers sport either red or black moustachial stripes. There's a Yellow-shafted group with a red nape, gray crown, tan face, yellow under wings and tail and a black moustache on the male. There's a Red-shafted group with a gray nape, brown crown, gray face, reddish under wings and tail and a red moustache on the male.

Night camp

Site 10 - Bosque Bird Watcher's RV Park, San Antonio NM

The Trespasser's Eyeshine

She put the butt end of the flashlight against her forehead, just above the space between her eyebrows. It was something she'd learned long ago about seeing at night. A light shined from there would reveal nothing of herself to a trespasser, and from that spot on her forehead a beam would go straight to the retinas and return to her own eyes the characteristic color of the trespasser's eyeshine. If it had eyes, of course, and if they were looking at her directly.

Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver

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