[Birdtalk] Flicker Pictures

[Tim Avery]

After getting in late last night I opted to go to sleep instead of try to upload photos.  And after 4 hours of going through over 2000 shots form the weekend I still am nowhere near finished.  I did however get most of my edited shots up on my site and added some text to some of the important sightings.

Probable Gilded Flicker 02/10 @ Lytle Ranch - These aren't the greatest quality shots as I tried to crop tightly to show as much detail as possible.  This bird appears to have brown going down the nape but its hard to tell how much.  Otherwise it has the golden shafts, as well as a pale sparsely barred back, and rather oval breast patch:
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=42
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=44
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=45

Probable Gilded Flicker 02/09 @ Lytle Ranch - This bird may be different than the one photographed on the 10th.  It looked like a great candidate for a GIlded Flicker, albeit the brown on the nape was wishy-washy at best:
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=75

Northern "Yellow-shafted" Flicker 02/09 @ Lytle Ranch - This adult male bird was a nice comparison bird for both the Gilded and red-shafted flickers present:
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=104

Eastern Phoebe 02/09 @ Lytle Ranch - Probably the same bird as from November, but with a full re-grown tail apparently:
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=24
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=25

And finally I photographed this "greenish" colored presumed Cassin's Finch at Lytle Ranch yesterda 02/11 - This bird lacked the normal eye-ring but showed a half moon on the bottom of the eye.  IT also had an odd olive-green color over most of the feathering.  This bird sort of struck me as Purple Finch-like, but the streaking was fairly crisp:
http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=504&pos=13

I will finish up with my photos tonight, and post a followup with some more sightings.

Good Birding

Tim
Salt Lake City, Utah
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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