Very interesting Paul! The flicker was a female and I also noted that her
face was more buff than grey. She was very beautiful and I am thrilled
that I got to see her.
Adrienne
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 2:57 PM Paul Bannick <
paul.bannick at gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi Adrienne,
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What a wonderful surprise that must have been. You may have had a
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Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, but you more likely had an intergrade
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between the Red-shafted and Yelllow-shafted races showing more
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yellow-shafted features.
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These intergrades are quite common during the winter as the ranges between
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the two blend in band of area straddling the Great Plans and the Rocky
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Mountains moving North and West from the Mexican Border to Alaska. During
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the winter some of the interegradeds from that "band" migrate into our
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area. Over the time since I was a boy intergrades have become more
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common in all seasons but the most dramatically mixed ones are still winter
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visitors.
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You can see a couple of my examples here:
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https://paulbannick.photoshelter.com/image?&_bqG=2&_bqH=eJxzC8oIK4mwDDcw8wqJcPJxC8hOTE8JccwrNc.3MrMyNDAAYSDpGe8S7GybmVeSWpRelJiSquYZHxrsGhTv6WIbClJQ4WvomeuX7pgS5akW7.gcYlucmliUnAEAcfodcA--&GI_ID=
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https://paulbannick.photoshelter.com/image?&_bqG=1&_bqH=eJxzC8oIK4mwDDcw8wqJcPJxC8hOTE8JccwrNc.3MrMyNDAAYSDpGe8S7GybmVeSWpRelJiSquYZHxrsGhTv6WIbClJQ4WvomeuX7pgS5akW7.gcYlucmliUnAEAcfodcA--&GI_ID=
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Regards,
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Paul
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 1:31 PM Adrienne Dorf <adrienne at nwveggie.com>
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wrote:
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I just had a "Yellow Shafted" flicker at my suet feeder in North Seattle.
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I have never seen one before. Are they often in the PNW in the winter?
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Adrienne Dorf
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