We photographed an apparent intergrade between the races of the Northern Flicker on Northfield’s Christmas Bird Count on Saturday. Images are on my blog. Note the red feathers in the nape—typical of eastern yellow-shafted birds, but also the gray sides of the face and reddish tail (and wing) feathers found on western red-shafted birds: http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com. <http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com/>
The bird was with a normal Yellow-shafted Flicker. It has not been seen since the count, nor had it been noticed before. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota [email protected] http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com ".... the best shod travel with wet feet...Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ....”—H. D. Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
