[Tweeters] FLICKERS

[Dennis Rockwell]

Inasmuch as Red-shafted Northern Flicker and Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker are currently recognized as subspecies of Northern Flicker, then what you saw was an intergrade, not a hybrid.

Dennis Rockwell   Kennewick, WA  denrockwell at surfbest.net                                                    
                                               
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Pinyonwren at aol.com 
  To: tweeters at u.washington.edu 
  Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:46 AM
  Subject: [Tweeters] FLICKERS


  JUST RETURNED FROM NE WYO/NW SOUTH DAKOTA,WHILE AT DC BOOTH NATIONAL HISTORIC FISH HATCHERY IN SPEARFISH SD I SAW A FLICKER WITH A RED MUSTACHE AND YELLOW UNDERWING/UNDERTAIL-I THOUGHT SURELY THIS IS A HYBRID.MY COMPANIONS WERE NOT CONVINCED.WHO'S RIGHT?
  PATRICK NELSON JR.
  EATONVILLE,WA.
  MAIL TO:PINYONWREN at AOL.COM



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