Birds of a feather

This morning we had a a mixed flock of birds in our front yard. We have old mature trees which attract many birds but this morning was unique to us. The flock featured northern flickers (see photos), nuthatches, bluejays, doves, and chickadees. A northern flicker is a type of woodpecker, and we had over a dozen of them in our yard with many more in neighbors's trees as well. It was very exciting to see this many woodpeckers gathered at once. Westin was amazed and extremely excited to be a part of their morning too.....although, he kept calling the woodpeckers,'backpacks'....:)