Curve-billed Flicker

["Eric Huish" <poorwill_ at hotmail dot com>]

I saw a Curve-billed Flicker yesterday at the end of Skipper Bay Trail.  The 
Northern Flicker had a bill that was twice as long as it should have been 
and it curved down to end at more than a 45° angle from the face end of the 
bill.  This was one of the most natural looking bill deformities I?ve ever 
seen.  Other than a very small bulge at the throat it looked like a normal 
bill, it just didn?t fit the bird. Such a deformity could really confused 
someone if  it was on another bird. Say a Sage Thrasher or Western 
Sandpiper.


Eric Huish
Pleasant Grove UT
poorwill_@hotmail.com
801-360-8777

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