Wes Jansen, fellow Tweetsters,

A presumed hybrid Northern Flicker has wintered at Green Lake, Seattle, the
past few years. A Red-shafted pair nests at the park but I never see this
"yellow-shafted" bird during the nesting season. The bird looks like a
yellow-shafted male, except the black moustache has a fringe of red on the
cheek. My (photographic) records show a similar looking bird at Green Lake
back in December 1992 and I believe I have documented this (or this type of)
bird at the park each winter since. I've been on the look-out for it in recent
weeks. Unfortunately the section of the park the bird usually frequents is
fenced off for path renovation and inaccessible till November.

Martin Muller, Seattle
martinmuller at msn.com