Now I am finding lots of pics of the red breasted with a large white patch
on the outside of the wing, what should I be looking for?
On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM Chris Soriano <soriano151...> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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