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[IndigoBunting]

I saw this bird in Port Severn, Ontario and think it is a Northern Flicker.

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[TheBillyPilgrim]

You've got it.

[IndigoBunting]

Thanks, I've seen one before and though it looked like one.

[Clip]

I think this might be the Yellow Shafted subspecies a habitant of the Eastern part of North America.

[BarnSwallow]

Yes, the blak whisker and red head path say it's the yellow-shafted subspeies of the northern fliker. It's the only one you would be likely to see in Ontario.

Sorry, keyboard is broken - the letter that goes between B and D doesn't work!

[Pat B.]

I'll add one more field mark making it a "Yellow": the black moustache on the male. A "Red" will have a red moustache (and no red chevron on the nape).

And, I have to say, I've been enjoying Barn Swallows C-less posts for a couple of days. I'm almost getting used to the new dialect.

[BarnSwallow]

Haha!! It just o((ured to /\/\e that I (an i/\/\pro\/ise!!!

[Clip]

Barn Swallow you are brilliant! I love the improv!

[The Nature Trail]

LOL My seven and nine keys don't work, but C and M would be worse. That's where the character map comes in handy!

[blue jay]

I love yellowhammers. There soooo common where I live.

[Julie H]

I've never heard that term "yellow hammer" before. Is that common where you live?

Julie

Sent from my iPad which I'm trying to learn to use!

[BarnSwallow]

yellowhammer is a (olloquialis/\/\ for yellow shafted fli(ker. The proble/\/\ is that there is an unrelated bird (in Europe, I belie\/e) whose real na/\/\e is yellowhammer.