Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 21:13:44 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: Re: Report: Red-shafted Northern Flicker at Blackwater NWR In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030309195143.02d40b00@popd.ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Oooops .. before everyone rushes out to Blackwater tomorrow, I forgot to mention that the sighting report was from 2/23/2003 ... Sorry for the confusion! Phil At 19:58 03/09/2003 -0500, you wrote: >All: > >This evening, I received a Records Committee report from an out-of-state >birder of a Red-shafted Flicker at Blackwater NWR. > >The bird was seen "at the trail with the little boardwalk leading out into >the water." The observer states, "It was an adult. It was mixed in with a >flock of 4 yellow-shafted flickers. ... The whole underside of the wing red >unlike the other flickers with yellow under the wing. ... I am sure this >bird was a Red-shafted Flicker. The underside of the wing was red and not >orange as in hybrids". > >He is familiar with Red-shafted Flicker from out west. > >Good luck! > >Phil > > >=================================================== >Phil Davis, Secretary >MD/DC Records Committee >2549 Vale Court >Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA >301-261-0184 >mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com > >MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html >=================================================== > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ================================== Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com ================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================