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["Bob Reilly" <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>]

It's a tail feather from a yellow-shafted flicker.

Bob Reilly

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin Ruth 
  To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:22 AM
  Subject: [va-richmond-general] Fw: A Yellow and Black Bird Feather


  Would anyone have any ideas on this?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Linda B. Nicholson (lbnichol) 
  To: audubon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:43 PM
  Subject: A Yellow and Black Bird Feather


  Dear Folks,
    
       I just walked out in my backyard (4/19) just west of Carytown and found 
a strange, new feather.  The quill is mainly a mustard yellow.  The top of the 
feather is black, but the underneath is yellow with black at the tip.  It's 
about 3 inches long and about 1/2-3/4 of an inch wide.  I'm stumped as to the 
bird.
       Can you help?

  Thanks,
  Linda Nicholson