I have a male hairy Woodpecker that has a strong salmon wash of pigment in the white of head, throat, breast and fading out on his abdomen. I have lots of pictures if anyone is curious including easily provided cell phone pics from his suet eating.
Anyone seen something like this? So even that I think it must be dietary carotenoids. If they display them. I don’t know if their red is melanin or carotenoid derived. Anne Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
