A couple of years ago, we came across one in NH. It was a frequent visitor to a friend's yard. We did some research and there were a couple of theories. One was that it was stained by what ever tree it was living in and another was that it was diet related. Neither scenario explained why none of the other hairys in the area were yellow tinted. S
Susan Herbst graphic design/illustration/photography 516-633-7730 susie...@optonline.net On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Bruce Horwith wrote: David Sagman sent me a photo of an interesting yellow-tinted hairy woodpecker. If anyone knows about this phenomenon, info would be much appreciated. https://www.flickr.com/photos/39025168@N07/13936633598/ <https://www.flickr.com/photos/39025168@N07/13936633598/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> ! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
