Male Northern Flicker landing on habitat tree

When we have to remove hazard trees from our campground we try to make habitat snags whenever possible. We cut this tree several years ago leaving about an 8 foot tall snag, rough cut the top and let nature take it's course. When the campground opened this year we found an active flicker nest in the snag. Success.
I took these pictures on a cold wet morning so my ISO was very high.But the colors on the male Flicker were stunning. Taken from a picnic table across the roadway from the nest. Canon 7D, 400 MM 5.6 L, 1/1000s at f 5.6.

Beautiful!

very well done! i have to agree his colors are outstanding.....

wow, stunning capture with those first two, the light/color is really fantastic

Very nice...My favourite has to be the first for the wing position and composition.

Awesome set excellent IQ

Very cool. The almost-perfect wing spread sure catches the eye.

Awesome captures

Well captured under difficult conditions. You're planning regarding habitat snags has really payed off.

Loved the colours, especially the first one.
Thanks for sharing.

nicely captured

thanks for the comments. High speed continuous at least gives you a chance to get a few good pictures. But as you know birds are tough to shoot under even the best conditions.

Like in flight images

Very impressive incoming shots, that was over in a blink so congrats. Terrific shots.

Excellent shots showing the beautiful colors of the northern flicker