[Tweeters] Yellow-shafted flicker

[Dennis Paulson via Tweeters]

Joan,

Yellow-shafted flickers breed to the north of us in Alaska and northern Canada, and small numbers travel down to Washington every winter. We seem to have more hybrids than pure yellow-shafted, but the latter are to be watched for.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle
dennispaulson at comcast dot net


> On Jan 5, 2026, at 10:50 AM, Joan Miller via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> 

> Hello all,

> 

> I have a yellow-shafted flicker coming to my suet. It clearly has yellow shafts, black malar and red on nape. I thought to call it an intergrade, but the internet says this is yellow-shafted.

> 

> Just mentioning in case anyone has seen these around. I don't think it's that rare here. But I also have our "regular" red-shafteds!

> 

> Joan Miller

> West Seattle

> jemskink at gmail dot com

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