Fwd: [cobirds] Possible yellow-shafted or hybrid Northern Flicker (Chatfield State Park - Douglas County) and escaped exotic (Platte River Trail just north of Oxford - Arapahoe County)

Bryan,

This is a Budgerigar: a commonly kept cage bird and native to the drier parts of Australia.

Cheers,  Peter Gent,  Boulder.

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From: modise <namaqua76@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:21 AM
Subject: [cobirds] Possible yellow-shafted or hybrid Northern Flicker (Chatfield State Park - Douglas County) and escaped exotic (Platte River Trail just north of Oxford - Arapahoe County)
To: Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com>

At 6:00 a.m. today, on the paved trail that heads north out of Chatfield State Park from the NE corner (parallels the east side of the dog park), about 50 yards in, I saw a Northern flicker with the distinctive red V on the back of its neck.  I could not see the front, so I don't know if it was yellow or red-shafted.

At 7:00 a.m., imagine my surprise when I saw this guy on the golf course fence about 1/10th of a mile north of Oxford on the Platte River Trail (just north of the "traffic" circle).  I guess it's an escaped pet - no idea what kind of bird it is!  It was quite tame and let me approach, but it would not come to me when called.

Bryan Arnold

Littleton, Jefferson County

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