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[James Brooks <comeback@xxxxxxxx>]

Barry -
The dirty look to it and larger size argues for a winter-plumaged 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. It is a winter visitor only, so the fact 
you've never seen one in your yard before should come as no surprise. 
I've yet to have it as a yard bird but have seen several this winter 
already.
YBSS's diagnostic field mark among the seven woodpeckers we get in 
Tennessee is the white blaze in the wing. That should have just jumped 
out at you, wereas a Downy or a Hairy would have a white blaze in the 
middle of the back, a Red-bellied would have a barred back, a Red-headed 
or Pileated would have a black back and  a Northern Flicker would look 
brown.
James Brooks
Bear Run
Malone Hollow
Jonesborough
Washington County
P.,S. On Saturday morning I saw six species of woodpecker at Winged Deer 
Park in Johnson City and the Red-headed colony is still on Green Road in 
Greene County.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        [TN-Bird] Help for woodpecker ID please
Date:   Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:54:03 EST
From:   FINCH64@xxxxxxx
Reply-To:       FINCH64@xxxxxxx
To:     tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



I saw a woodpecker in a neighbor's tree yesterday. I thought at first it was 
a Downy Woodpecker. It had that kind of black and white coloration but it also 
had some kind of a dirty color look to it. Also, it seemed too big to be a 
Downy Woodpecker. I thought maybe it was a Hairy Woodpecker. I got out the 
Sibley guide and was looking at the entries for those two species. But this 
woodpecker had bright red on it's head that went all the way to the base of the 
beak. 
Is that a characteristic for either a Downy or Hairy Woodpecker? I wondered 
if it might be a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker but I have never seen one in our yard 
so I can't be sure.
Also, lots of American Robins including many smaller ones (must be immatures) 
all over the trees in our yards here the past week or so.

Thanks so much

Barry Jernigan
Murfreesboro, TN
Rutherford County - between Almaville and Blackman


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