A rather interesting article in PhysOrg reports on findings that some Yellow-shafted Northern Flickers in the east showing red pigmentation in their wings are not actually hybrids with red-shafted flicker parentage from the west, as usually would be the case, but rather are showing pigmentation changes after feasting on non-native berrys. May be something to consider if a putative hybrid between the two color morphs is found here... http://phys.org/news/2016-10-invasive-dye-woodpeckers-red.html Good birding, Andy Sewell Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]