Subject: [Tweeters] ID help - Sapsucker
Date: Oct 11 17:05:05 2007
From: Aquila Chrysaetos - Ladyhawk707 at msn.com


Tweeters,
While chasing warblers around the yard, I heard a sapsucker tapping, but
this individual did not look like the Red-breasted Sapsuckers I usually see
in the yard. Compared to the Red-breasted who was intent on displacing it
from every tree it landed on, it had more extensive white markings on the
back. It had distinct black and white stripes on the head, its crown and
throat were red, its nape washed with red, its upper breast was splotchy
gray and there may have been a slight yellowish tinge to the belly. To me,
it most closely resembled the Red-naped Sapsucker in Sibley's. I have
posted eight photos if anyone cares to help me with the ID.

http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j170/gryphon707_2006/

Other yard bird stuff: Several Dark-eyed Juncos showed up 10/7, a few
Golden-crowned Kinglets and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet foraged here all day
10/8, Golden-crowned Sparrows arrived 10/3, Yellow-rumped Warblers (2 to
10+) have been visiting since 9/26, a Townsend's Warbler on 10/2,
Orange-crowned Warblers appearing since 10/1, a flock of Bushtits on 10/4, a
Western Scrub Jay on his third visit today, an Osprey headed south on 10/4,
Violet-green Swallows still overhead 10/4, and ten Turkey Vultures on 10/4,
one on 10/7, two more today. Frequent visits by two immature Cooper's hawks
and an immature Sharp-shinned hawk are keeping the yard birds (especially
their prime targets, the Steller's Jays) on high alert.

Sandy Daniels
Enumclaw Plateau
Ladyhawk707 at msn.com