[Tweeters] Yellow-shafted flicker

[via Tweeters]

I have seen one.

 

Jan

 

Jan Stewart

922 E Spruce Street

Sequim, WA  98382-3518

jstewart at olympus.net

 

From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of
Dennis Paulson via Tweeters
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2026 11:16 AM
To: Joan Miller <jemskink at gmail.com>
Cc: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Yellow-shafted flicker

 

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 <mailto: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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