K Dixon 1951 Colaptes cafer Oct 22 Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co., Calif. CLEAR, CALM: About 11:00 am I watched a Flicker perched in a bough of a madrone tree south of the pool pluck the 3 or 4 remaining berries off a cluster. The madrone berries were bright orange in color and the bird swallowed each one whole with a slight nodding movement of the head before picking the next berry. As another Red-shafted Flicker flew into the tree, the bird I was watching flew northward across the canyon.