Northern Flicker

Today I found a woodpeckers nest! On the walk to work from my car there is a very high tree stump (the tops been cut off only). There were a few starlings hanging about hoping the woodpecker would leave but she didn't. On the way back to my car after work, the sunlight was shining on the tree and the male was sitting in the nest. The starlings thankfully were gone. I've looked up some info on them and here is the information from the Seattle Audubon Society web site.

Nesting

Northern Flickers typically excavate nesting cavities in dead or diseased pine, cottonwood, or willow trees. Males do most of the excavation with some help from females. Both incubate the 5 to 8 eggs for about 11 days, then brood the newly hatched young for about 4 days more. Both sexes feed the young, which leave the nest after 24 to 27 days. The parents continue to feed the young once they fledge, and soon the young begin to follow the adults to foraging sites and gather their own food.