[texbirds] Re: Question about Sapsuckers
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: glqman@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:14:48 -0600
Forgot to ask if there was any red in the throat.
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> The throat pattern is a good field mark, and yes it could be a hybrid.
> See if you can get photos...I have seen perfectly normal looking YBSAs with
> a tad of red in the nap on adult males....Don't know if they had foreign
> blood or them or not...If the red was extensive in the nape then you are
> looking at a RNSA or a hybrid leaning in that direction. My sermon over.
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Robert White <glqman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sorry if this is trivial.
>>
>> Is it possible for a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker to have red on the nape?
>> It was separated from the crown but was not as bold as the crown. I've
>> never observed this in a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker before. Its throat
>> looked like a YBSA. I wondered if it was a hybrid.
>>
>> I observed it from about 20 feet in my back yard, which is in Spring,
>> just north of Houston.
>>
>> Even though I couldn't find it in my field guides I expect you guys to
>> tell me it's perfectly normal.
>>
>> -Bob White
>> Spring, TX
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