When we moved here during the summer of 2013 I noticed that a pair of Flickers
nesting here produced two male fledglings with red chevrons and red malar
stripes, which indicates they were intergrades. The father bird did not show a
red chevron, so I assumed that the mother bird was an intergrade. Photos of
one of the intergrade fledglings are here:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/5r6vq6
This past summer there were at least two pairs of Flickers nesting nearby. The
male of one of the pairs was an intergrade, showing a red chevron and a red
malar stripe. I wondered if he might be one of the intergrade fledglings from
2013 grown up. Whether that is true or not, he was definitely an intergrade.
Videos of him are here:
https://www.flickr.com/gp/canyoneagle/S8LQyZ
Lori Markoff
Eugene (South Hills)
From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Joel Geier
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2018 9:31 PM
To: Oregon Birders OnLine
Subject: [obol] Re: "Yellow-shafted Flickers" in Oregon -- a plea for closer
observation
P.S. we have evidence of intergrade flickers nesting in Corvallis in the past
two summers.
On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 21:27 -0800, Joel Geier wrote:
In case the obverse hasn't registered yet, "Red-shafted " Flickers should be
scrutinized too, especially in winter. Many of them are intergrades, even in
western Oregon.
--
Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
