Jen,
Great synopsis. You have educated a lot of folks with this. Next do you want
to take on Cordilleran v. Pacific-slope Flycatchers?
Tom Crabtree, Bend
From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Nels Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 2:08 PM
To: Jen Sanford; OBOL
Subject: [obol] Re: The continuing Sapsucker Dilemma
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
