If you push the brightness as far as it will go in photoshop,
it becomes clear that the entire head is red. That would
make this a Red-breasted Sapsucker or (perhaps) a R-b x Red-
naped.

Unless it's a _daggetii_ Red-breasted... how likely is that
in Washington?

Subject: ID help (photo)
From: "Bill Ferensen" <ferensen AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:24:02 -0800

Red-tailed hawks at UW CUH this weekend, plus another I could not
idendify,
marginal photo.
http://www.pbase.com/ferensen/inbox
Thanks for looking.
Bill Ferensen
Seattle


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Astoria, OR
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Common species are more common than rare species
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_Shorebirds of the PNW_