Ted Willcox
01-13-2010, 05:00 PM
EOS 1D MarkIII
EF 100 - 400 zoom at 285mm
F 6.3 at 1/200
ISO 500
29/1/2009 10:35am
overcast
Intergrade, intermediate or hybrid it's still a Northern Flicker. As I peeked out of my blind I got excited when I saw this flicker on the ground below the suet feeder. I then got even more excited when he flew to the perch [that I had provided] and struck this neat pose. This flicker has the red moustache of the red shafted form [western]. The moustache of the yellow shafted form [eastern] is black. The red crescent on the nape is a marker of the yellow shafted and is absent on the red shafted. Therefore this is a hybrid, intermediate or intergrade take your choice. But it is still a Northern Flicker.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Ted
EF 100 - 400 zoom at 285mm
F 6.3 at 1/200
ISO 500
29/1/2009 10:35am
overcast
Intergrade, intermediate or hybrid it's still a Northern Flicker. As I peeked out of my blind I got excited when I saw this flicker on the ground below the suet feeder. I then got even more excited when he flew to the perch [that I had provided] and struck this neat pose. This flicker has the red moustache of the red shafted form [western]. The moustache of the yellow shafted form [eastern] is black. The red crescent on the nape is a marker of the yellow shafted and is absent on the red shafted. Therefore this is a hybrid, intermediate or intergrade take your choice. But it is still a Northern Flicker.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Ted