Here is a photo of the possible red naped /red breasted sapsucker hybrid,
hoping someone can confirm.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM Chris Soriano <soriano151...> wrote:
> I just had a red naped /red breasted sapsucker hanging out at some well
> established wells in my backyard (no pun intended). Completely red head,
> but huge white patches on the outer wing that matched online pics. I will
> upload my pics to eBird later, but I was curious if this was common in
> Santa Cruz. I usually just see the red-breasted, but there was a confirmed
> yellow-bellied sapsucker in my yard on the same wells a few years back. I
> saw one once in Yosemite maybe like 10 or 11 years ago. Fortunately the
> wells are on the invasive cotoneaster in my neighbor's yard.
>
