[texbirds] Re: Question about Sapsuckers
- From: Robert White <glqman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:21:31 -0800 (PST)
He worked a couple of holes with his back to me, turning his head occasionally.
The throat had plenty of red, and I think the border went all the way around
it. The part of the border I couldn't quite see was probably due to the angle.
-Bob White
Spring, TX
--- On Sun, 2/24/13, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [texbirds] Question about Sapsuckers
> To: glqman@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 6:14 PM
> 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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