Subject: [Tweeters] Where are the female flickers?
Date: Sep 20 13:36:59 2017
From: Philip Dickinson - pdickins at gmail.com


Female at my feeder several times this morning in Lake Stevens.

Phil Dickinson

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Peggy Mundy <peggy_busby at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am sure there is a simple explanation for this, hoping someone can
> enlighten me.
>
> I have flickers in my yard year-round. It suddenly occurred to me that
> every flicker I have seen at my feeders recently (i.e., for at least the
> past couple of weeks) has been male, based on the red "moustache." Where
> have the female flickers gone? I had both males and females earlier in the
> summer. Thanks. (Murphy's law dictates that within moments of me sending
> this message, female flickers will return to the feeders, I'll risk it.
> Hahaha).
>
> Peggy Mundy
> Bothell, WA
> peggy_busbyATyahooDOTcom
>
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