Thank you for the ID! On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 11:34:52 AM UTC-6, Peter Gent wrote: > > Bryan, > > This is a Budgerigar: a commonly kept cage bird and native to the drier > parts of Australia. > > Cheers, Peter Gent, Boulder. > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: modise <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:21 AM > Subject: [cobirds] Possible yellow-shafted or hybrid Northern Flicker > (Chatfield State Park - Douglas County) and escaped exotic (Platte River > Trail just north of Oxford - Arapahoe County) > To: Colorado Birds <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > > At 6:00 a.m. today, on the paved trail that heads north out of Chatfield > State Park from the NE corner (parallels the east side of the dog park), > about 50 yards in, I saw a Northern flicker with the distinctive red V on > the back of its neck. I could not see the front, so I don't know if it was > yellow or red-shafted. > > At 7:00 a.m., imagine my surprise when I saw this guy on the golf course > fence about 1/10th of a mile north of Oxford on the Platte River Trail > (just north of the "traffic" circle). I guess it's an escaped pet - no > idea what kind of bird it is! It was quite tame and let me approach, but > it would not come to me when called. > > Bryan Arnold > Littleton, Jefferson County > > [image: IMG_5350.jpg] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/c451be62-bf3c-4eab-ac36-4b2dd99a98b6o%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/c451be62-bf3c-4eab-ac36-4b2dd99a98b6o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . >
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