Caryn,? It's more likely to be a red-shafted x yellow-shafted hybrid.? They do occur here occasionally, and Gildeds are really an Arizona bird.? -Rolan

Rolan Nelson
Fircrest, WA
rnbuffle at yahoo.com

--- On Wed, 7/13/11, bluedarner1 at seanet.com <bluedarner1 at seanet.com> wrote:


From: bluedarner1 at seanet.com <bluedarner1 at seanet.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Gilded./ Norther Flicker variation? / Caryn / Wedgwood
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 11:59 AM


Hi Tweeters -

Last night we had three flickers visiting- one had a red nape and red
malar - this was interesting since Sibley's shows Gilded with only a red
nape and black malar (as I recall).

Any thoughts on this?

Caryn / Wedgwood

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