Tom and other Tweeters,

According to Richard Bank's "Obsolete English Names of N. America Birdes and
Their Modern Equivalent" found on the net at

<<http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/research/pubs/banks/obsall.htm>>

The Yellowhammer is a Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus, with this footnote

<<15. Yellowhammer is properly applied to an Old World sparrow, Emberiza
citrinella. >>

As to the blue feathers, the head feathers could be called blue. I would call
them bluish gray to gray.

Hope this helps.

Great birding and find that next lifer!

John (One of Birders2)
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February 14, 1998
12:48 pm PDT