Claire Montour and I went to Cheeseman Park as well. I saw no crossbills or sapsuckers. I did see a red breasted nuthatches,some crows and flickers. Not too exciting… But worth a try! Deb Carstensen Littleton, Arapahoe County
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 4, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Jared Del Rosso <[email protected]> wrote: > > I spent some time on Friday at Cheesman Park in Denver. Among the usual > suspects were two surprises: an American Pipit and a yellow-bellied / > red-naped sapsucker. I have virtually no meaningful experience with either > type of sapsucker, so I'm posting to see if anyone can provide some feedback > on the sapsucker, low quality photos of which are here: > https://birderbyaccident.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/cheesman-park-sapsucker/ > > The sapsucker lacked a red-nape and appeared to have a complete black border > around the red on its chin, which seem to suggest yellow-bellied sapsucker. > At the same time, the bird has white marks down the back in two rows and the > black marking on the face are relatively thick compared to the white > markings, which seem, as I understand it, to suggest a red-naped sapsucker. > There is also a titch of white on the chin of the bird that is visible in > some of the photos, which is also consistent with the red-naped sapsucker. > I'm leaning toward a female red-naped sapsucker lacking a red nape, but am by > no means confident in that ID. > > I birded a portion of Cheesman today and did not see either the pipit or the > sapsucker. There was a group of 11 turkey vultures northeast of the adjacent > Denver Botanic Gardens rising in a thermal. > > My apologies for not posting this yesterday, when someone else could have > tracked down the bird. Next time... > > Feel free to respond to me directly by email. And thanks in advance, > - Jared Del Rosso > Denver, CO > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/51246dfd-9207-4ea3-a704-699aac6af21c%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/35486E89-4294-49DA-951D-4C729902E643%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
