Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > Yellow-Shafted Flicker. Found on the East Coast of the US. > > Nikon D2X, 400mm AF-I at f5.6, ISO 640 > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/Birds/Flicker.jpg.html> > > http://tinyurl.com/ytyoyg Common or not it's still a beautiful bird, thanks for showing us. As previously mentioned, the eastern (and northern) birds have a black moustache and in the males, a red crescent at the back of the head where the west coast birds lack the red crescent and the males have a red moustache. When the birds fly, eastern birds show bright yellow wing and tail undersides, in the west it's a bright orange-red. A more subtle difference is the gray and tan head markings: eastern birds have a tan face with gray crown; these colors are reversed in the western birds. These are considered the same species and intergrades can be found in the central part of the continent. Another North American flicker is the Gilded Flicker of the desert southwest, with the golden wing linings of the eastern flickers and the head markings of the western birds. a western Northern Flicker (first posted late last night): http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/nofl00.html a Gilded Flicker (from a very long time ago): http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/gifl00.html Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com ? What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint