Date: 1/5/26 11:38 am From: via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Yellow-shafted flicker
I have seen one.
Jan
Jan Stewart
922 E Spruce Street
Sequim, WA 98382-3518
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From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces...> On Behalf Of Dennis Paulson via Tweeters Sent: Monday, January 5, 2026 11:16 AM To: Joan Miller <jemskink...> Cc: TWEETERS tweeters <tweeters...> 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...> <mailto:<tweeters...> > 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!
