Date: 12/5/25 12:17 pm From: Don Marsh <ridgwaybrdr...> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Unknown Woodpecker, Montrose Colorado, Dec 04 25
I agree with Connie. It looks like a dark Northern Flicker. The bill is too
long and curved for a sapsucker or Black-backed Woodpecker, plus the
overall body shape and rounded head, matches Northern Flicker.
Don Marsh
Ridgway
On Fri, Dec 5, 2025, 12:58 PM Ron W <ourwildplaces...> wrote:
> After reviewing hundreds of images, it appears to be a Black-backed
> female, far outside its range, possibly never reported in this part of
> Colorado.
>
> Here's a female Black-backed from roughly the same angle:
> https://media.ebird.org/catalog?birdOnly=true&taxonCode=bkbwoo&mediaType=photo&sort=rating_rank_desc&sex=female >
>
> On Friday, December 5, 2025 at 12:30:24 PM UTC-7 Caoimhín Perkins wrote:
>
>> Wouldn’t an immature Williamson’s still have prominent white eyebrows, a
>> white striped cheek, and white on the coverts? This doesn’t seem to have
>> those. This has a totally black head except for the chin and totally black
>> wings. I could almost see a black backed but the head is similarly missing
>> a white-striped moustache
>
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