It's perhaps not possible to be 100% certain from the viewing angle in your
photos Angela, but your bird is strongly suggestive of an adult female
red-naped sapsucker. Nice find!
Philip Kline
On Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 10:25 AM Angela Calabrese <cbreseangela@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello all,
I was birding Pittock Mansion this morning and came across this sapsucker
that was unlike the other 2 it was with.
It has a clean, white line coming from the bill. The throat was white and
red, and the red did not extend onto the breast. The back of the bird had a
lot more white on it than I am used to seeing in a Red-breasted Sapsucker.
Since I have done most of my birding in this area, I am most familiar with
our Red-breasted Sapsuckers and have little experience identifying other
species of sapsucker. Could this be something other than a Red-breasted
Sapsucker?
I have attached a photo, as well as a link to a couple other photos.
Unfortunately I was only able to get a photo from this angle.
He was moving between trees at the upper end of the parking lot, near the
beginning of the path to the water tower.
Thanks
Angela
https://www.flickr.com/photos/c-brese/27758531238/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/c-brese/41627412331/in/dateposted-public/
