This Northern flicker landed right in front of me as I walked along the trails at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area on Long Island. I had just enough time to get down low before it blasted off. The tip of the beak was cropped off in the last image yet I was able to repair it.
What a handsomely patterned little guy Morris! I like how it's undermarking's transform from round to heart shaped, heh. That salvaged shot came out great too.