Flickers are such beautiful birds. This one is no exception. I think,
however, this one is a hybrid. Note the red malar stipes - yellow shafted
males are black and also missing on this male is the red crescent on the
nape- beautifully bold in the male yellow shafted.

On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 6:44 PM, <notcalm at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello Christina,
>
> Beautiful bird. It appears to be a hybrid male. The malar stripe
> (mustachial stripe) is red in Red-shafted and black in Yellow-shafted
> males.This bird has yellow wing and tail feathers and red malar stripes. It
> also has a gray, not brown face.
>
> Thanks for the photos,
> Dan Reiff
> Mercer Island
>
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> *From: *"Christina Wilsdon" <cwilsdon at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> *Sent: *Sunday, January 11, 2015 5:05:36 PM
> *Subject: *[Tweeters] Yellow-shafted Flicker Pix
>
> Hello, these are the through-a-window pix I took of a yellow-shafted
> flicker in my Woodinville garden this morning. At least I assume it is a
> Yellow-Shafted Flicker and not a Red-Shafted Flicker who just tends toward
> yellow :)
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/130647994 at N04/with/16073378087/
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