<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">Birds of the World comes complimentary if you join Washington Ornithological Society, which is only $25/yr ($15 for students). <a href="https://wos.org/membership/">https://wos.org/membership/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 10:25 AM Wim van Dam <<a href="mailto:wim.van.dam@gmail.com">wim.van.dam@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi Jim </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I wholeheartedly recommend getting a subscription to "Birds of the World" ($49/year):<br><a href="https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/subscribe" target="_blank">https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/subscribe</a> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To your case: for Northern Flicker it has a very detailed article on "Plumages, Molts, and Structure". </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Wim van Dam</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Solvang, CA</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 10:01 AM <<a href="mailto:jimbetz@jimbetz.com" target="_blank">jimbetz@jimbetz.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
I -often- have questions that are not being answered by my useual sources<br>
(eBird, Cornell, Audubon, field guides, etc.). As just one example how do I<br>
answer the question - at what age/in what season do Flickers change from<br>
juvenile patterns to adult?<br>
<br>
When I go to any of the above usually they only have the highest level<br>
of info (a few pictures, range maps, and recent/historical sightings).<br>
I guess I'm finding my way into the areas of ornithological info ... ?<br>
I have posted questions to this group - maybe once or twice a quarter -<br>
that are along these lines and haven't gotten what I consider "the<br>
answers I was looking for" ... don't get me wrong, I value this<br>
community highly - just for different purposes.<br>
<br>
Since we live in Skagit County most of my "deeper questions" are about<br>
the birds that show up here ... in all seasons.<br>
- Jim<br>
<br>
P.S. I had a first ever sighting event this morning. Early on, before<br>
they flew off to where ever they went to today, there was a group of<br>
swans (probably all Trumpeters) that had obviously spent the night on a<br>
bend of the Skagit River! We look down on that large S-curve in the<br>
Skagit that is East of the Gardner Road Launch Ramp and there they were<br>
in a 'line' on the slow side of the sand bar. Water does flow thru<br>
that area but it is not the primary path for the flow - that's on the<br>
other side of the same bar (just East of where I saw them). I'm seeing<br>
about 4 or 5 birds "just lifting off and moving" from that location<br>
right now. Sorry, too far away for a picture.<br>
<br>
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