The Gilded Flicker is a large-sized woodpecker of the Sonoran and Yuma desert regions of the southwestern United States.

The Gilded Flicker most frequently builds its nest hole in a majestic saguaro cactus, excavating a nest hole nearer the top than the ground.

This one thinks it a hummingbird

Its great to pretend every once in awhile...great shots Joe ! MARETKA88 · 2012-02-05: 09:21

haha, poor bird- It's easy to get mixed up in this ol world of ours!! great captures urmysunshine · 2012-02-05: 09:56

Well he still looks good and seems to be enjoying the meal. Great set. MoMac · 2012-02-05: 10:51

Nice pictures.Poor bird! krasotulichka · 2012-02-05: 11:04

Ha ha.... nice catches, Joe. I always enjoy the spotting of a flicker in Michigan. As I recall there are MANY different kinds of hummingbirds in AZ. I seem to remember going to a humming bird avery there once and there were some number like 20 kinds ??? DancingDolphin · 2012-02-05: 11:27

Woow ! Superb close-up, Joe, letting see and glorifying details ! josy63 · 2012-02-05: 15:25

Are beautiful. Clickpen · 2012-02-05: 16:10

Poor Flicker - must've thought he was seeing a mirage! You must've done a double-take seeing this on your hummingbird feeder! Great shots Joe. Keryl · 2012-02-05: 20:59

beautiful set like it shygirl1164 · 2012-02-05: 21:49

Congrats, Joe for a brilliant set!!! Dropblue · 2012-02-06: 04:05

So lovely! pandka · 2012-02-06: 09:53

Is that red wine or rosé?:-) Love the birdies. marilynx · 2012-02-08: 07:50

Great captures! imrepapa · 2012-02-08: 15:22

Lovely ! Beautiful rose colour Great textures helys · 2012-02-08: 15:51

Great Shots !! Isn't this a little strange ?? catdad · 2012-02-08: 23:09

superb! tomie · 2012-02-09: 08:37

So cool. What are the chances of this happening? RayNvb · 2012-02-10: 05:41

He's thirsty! Thanks for the smile Joe..:-) NellyBly · 2012-02-11: 17:26

#4 is my fav renatomartins · 2012-02-12: 09:07

GREAT captures and GREAT caption! These made me guffaw, Joe! Really excellent shots, to boot! djnana · 2012-02-12: 22:29

beautiful bird mujay · 2012-02-16: 03:23

Poor little flicker, lol, maybe he was raised by hummingbirds and that's why he's doing this? ????? · 2012-02-17: 12:29

Fantastic captures! mytts · 2012-03-05: 23:49