This morning I found a juvenile plumaged sapsucker of the Red-naped or Yellow-bellied type along Greenwood Rd. in Wetmore. I couldn't tell by observation which it was. However, conventional wisdom holds that any juvenile of these two found in winter is the Yellow-bellied. (Also per Kaufman, "Advanced Birding" 1990, p.179) The markings on the body and head were mostly brownish and off-white. There was no red on the head. The throat however was all white. A hint of yellow on the belly. Rich Miller Canon City
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