Well Charlie;

Speaking of Intergrade Flickers, on Feb. 5, 1989 I banded a Red-shafted AHY-F
that had all the attributes of a Red-shafted; however, the underside of outer 4
left tailfeathers was a bright yellow. The outermost tail feather on the right
was also yellow.
The the underside of the rest of the tailfeathers were red. Tailfeathers were
either completely red or yellow
..
Then again on Sept. 29, 1989 I banded an AHY-M which also had all the attributes
of the Red-shafted, but instead it had a
a red nape.

One of the things you run into while banding. You have the bird in the hand to
examine closely.

Gene Kridler
ekridler at olympus.net
Sequim, Wa.
Age 80


Birdking88 at aol.com wrote:

> Hello, Tweeters and Jim! We have many flickers around our yard (probably
> about 5) but one that visits the suet feeder frequently is a male
> "Yellow-shafted"X"Red-shafted" intergrade! Overall it looks a lot like a
> "Red-shafted"; brown on cap and red mustache. But then I saw a distinctive
> red "v" on it's nape! When the suet feeder spun around I got a good look at
> very bright orange on the base of it's tail feathers. I think this flicker
> has been around for quite a while and we just haven't noticed any real
> significance. Has anyone seen one of these in Washington for a while? I heard
> they interbred only in the Great Plains area. Also, there are now over 50 Red
> Crossbills flying around our yard, in broken up groups. They come down for
> water almost every day. Any comments? Good birding!
>
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> Charlie W. Wright
> Sumner, WA
> Age 11