Hi everyone, Just an update. I checked today at around 6pm, the woodpecker is still seen on the same cypress tree right in-front of the mausoleum.
Regards
Vinayak
> On Oct 27, 2024, at 2:34 PM, Steve Rottenborn via groups.io <srottenborn...> wrote:
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> Hi Diane,
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> What I see in the sharper photo looks OK for a pure hatch-year male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, not a hybrid. Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers have a later pre-formative molt than Red-naped Sapsuckers do, so they tend to have more brownish/dingy juvenile feathering at this time of year than Red-naped Sapsuckers. If the bird has any red feathering in the breast (which isn't visible in the photos), that would indicate a hybrid with Red-breasted, but otherwise, I'd call this a pure Yellow-bellied.
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> Steve Rottenborn
> Morgan Hill, CA
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> From: <southbaybirds...> [mailto:<southbaybirds...>] On Behalf Of Diane McCoy via groups.io
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2024 12:45 PM
> To: <southbaybirds...>
> Subject: [southbaybirds] Hybrid Sapsucker?
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> Hi everyone.
> this morning on a SCVBA Field trip our group spotted this sapsucker in a cypress tree going back-and-forth the walkway just right in front of the lawn and mausoleum at Stanford cactus garden area. We are not sure what sapsucker it is; perhaps a hybrid yellow bellied sap sucker? So look forward to your expert identification.
> help. The coordinates to find it is in one of the included photos. Thank you very much Diane McCoy.
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