Dear Marty & Susie Please describe more about the feather patterns on the woodpecker. What pattern is on its back and sides?
My Sibley guide says the three-toed is a bit smaller than the Hairy wdpkr. (Altho without the two seen together, size is hard to judge, as they tell us in Spring Field Ornithology class) However, the Black-Backed wdpkr, which also has a yellow head patch, is slightly larger than an Amer. Three Toed and the Hairy. Both the Black- Backed and Amer. Three-toed Woodpeckers would be rare here, but w this severe winter weather it seems like anything is possible. Thanks for more description of the bird. Donna Scott Lansing Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Mar 9, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Martin Fellows Hatch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hope that this report is not "too casual" for you all, but we have had an > American three-toed woodpecker at our suet feeder and on a maple tree nearby > today. The feeder is out the window, within 10 feet of our dining-room table, > so we can see it clearly. What we see is the following. Slightly larger than > a Hairy. Head slightly larger. A Yellow stripe on the front of the top of the > head (beginning behind the beak and above the eye and extending towards the > top). > > It has also been on a maple tree about 20 feet away from the feeder, moving > about a bit on the trunk and branches and making a cry unlike those of the > hairy and downy that I have heard: short and "chippy", with a timbre that is > bright and brisk, but the "base" tone is lower than the hairy and downy. > > Marty and Susie Hatch > Snyder Hill Road, opposite Besemer Hill Road > > > > Subject: Re: American Three-toed Woodpecker Sighting? > From: John and Sue Gregoire <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 14:29:04 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 10 > > That would be exceedingly amazing for this area. Never say never but that > report is > entirely too casual to be believed. > -- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Road > Burdett,NY 14818-9626 > Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ > "Conserve and Create Habitat" > > On Sat, March 8, 2014 14:25, David Weber wrote: >> Can anyone validate this sighting, or is it just another misidentification? >> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17357540 >> Good birding, >> David >> -- >> *David Jonas WeberCornell University, Class of 2016Natural Resources, >> Applied Ecology* >> -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: American Three-toed Woodpecker Sighting? > From: Rob Blye <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 21:10:04 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 12 > > The species has been changed to hairy woodpecker which is much more likely. > > > Rob Blye > East Coventry Township > Chester County, Pennsylvania > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John and Sue Gregoire" <[email protected]> > To: "David Weber" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Cayugabirds-L" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 2:29:04 PM > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] American Three-toed Woodpecker Sighting? > > That would be exceedingly amazing for this area. Never say never but that > report is > entirely too casual to be believed. > -- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Road > Burdett,NY 14818-9626 > Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ > "Conserve and Create Habitat" > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
