Re: Northern Flicker, intergrade- Clark Blake 7/12/13

Joe and others:

This is an interesting find. I have never seen an intergrade (or Yellow-shafted) flicker in the summer. I thought that they all went somewhere in the spring (along with the intergrade and "slate-colored) juncos, to those areas where the two forms overlap. So much for that idea.

Clark

Northern Flicker, intergrade- Joe Meche 7/12/13

While stalking the scrub jays yesterday, I observed this flicker chase one of the jays away from this perch, so I shot it (photographically). It wasn't until I downloaded the photos that I noticed the red crescent on the nape.

*The bird that the flicker ousted was one of the juvenile scrub jays.