SeEtta et al,
Last week I managed to get a few photos of the Sapsucker in Grandview
Cemetery in Fort Collins. Not calendar quality, but enough to see plumages
characteristics.
I sent the photos to Tony Leukering for his review and comments. Below are
his words.
"I have no prob with this being a young Red-naped. Its nape is still juv
plumage, so I wouldn't worry too much about there being no red there. The
extensive red throat
bleeding into the black frame should let us ID it as a male. While it is
possible that YBSA could already look like this, such is much rarer than a
red-less Red-naped."
I'm sticking with my original ID as a late Red-naped Sapsucker.
Joe Mammoser
Fort Collins
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