Participant Photo: No red on what looks like a yellow-bellied sapsucker ??

2 comments on “Participant Photo: No red on what looks like a yellow-bellied sapsucker ??”

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   Holly Faulkner, Project Assistant on June 10th, 2019 - 12:53pm

   Hi Diane, Your location, and the feeding pattern shown in your photo above definitely lead to a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Some female Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers have no (or reduced) red on their foreheads; additionally, juveniles look similar to adults but with the black on their head and breast replaced by brownish and subdued red-and-white head markings. Great find!

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   knoxreid on November 11th, 2020 - 12:22pm

   Same i saw sapsucker and cant figure out if it is a yellow bellied or red naped because it doent have red on its chin

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