Hi Jen.
I've learned a LOT from your excellent post about RB Sapsuckers and their
variations. Keep it up friend.
IMHO, you've made a very significant contribution to our Oregon birding
community.
Good Birding,
Nels Nelson
Hillsboro
P.S. If you're interested, here's some RESA photos (some not so good) I've
taken around the state in the past couple of years.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17832998
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24050550
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23711917
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23612010
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22947577
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S21546727
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19743928
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18982807
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18899933
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18823651
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15290198
On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Jen Sanford <jjsanford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
At the risk of beating a possibly dead sapsucker horse here, I wanted to
share the blog post I put together this morning about the Wasco County bird
in question:
http://www.iusedtohatebirds.com/2016/03/the-sapsucker-dilemma.html
I dug into my photos and pulled out an assortment of Red-breasted
Sapsucker images from the Portland/Multnomah area in an effort to
understand what is normal and what is not. I find so much variation that I
am only more confused. Stephen Shunk's hybrid article is very interesting
but did not sway me in either direction as to the identity of my Wasco
bird.
Maybe Sibley said it best with "Plumage variation within each of the three
closely related sapsuckers-and interbreeding where ranges overlap-produces
a small number of individuals not safely identified."
Good birding,
Jen Sanford
Portland
