Yes it’s a young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, molting into adult plumage. An adult male would have a red throat, so I’d guess this was a young female. Nice bird! Marie Read
Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: bounce-125329588-5851...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-125329588-5851...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Meredith Leonard <merry.st.lo...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 4:33:07 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Cc: Edward Pitts <edpitts...@gmail.com> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] help please with ID Hello, This bird has been coming to our feeders in Syracuse, alone, for the last week or so. Is it a juvenile male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker? Otherwise, we are stuck for identification. We've never seen one here before. We live in a residential neighborhood in the city. Wish we weren't dealing with the pandemic or we would invite you all over for a look. Meredith Leonard and Ed Pitts [cid:54FEC71D-4991-4DA2-A207-16F46FD8DE03@westell.com] -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
