[texbirds] Re: Red-naped Sapsucker

  • From: Jack Evins <jcevins@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 19:14:44 -0600

Three of us saw the male quite well in the live oak behind marker 15 around
4 p.m.  It gleaned steadily on the same branch for at least 20 minutes
before we (not the bird) left.  Very striking!
Thanks for the excellent points of reference!

Jack Evins
Austin & Galveston
On Feb 5, 2015 10:46 AM, "Redacted sender DHanson139@xxxxxxx for DMARC" <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry for the late post but yesterday Jan and I ran over to San Jacinto
> State Park to look one more time for the Red-naped Sapsucker. We got there
> about  1PM and we had no more than put our boots on and I noticed a
> woodpekerish bird  fly from limb to limb on one of the Water Oaks just to
> the West of
> the marker  15. We were able to watch it for about 20 minutes going from
> oaks
> to pecans and  occasionally into the Live Oak right behind the marker 15. I
> finally got the  scope out to make sure it was the correct bird and sure
> enough it was the male.  It was overcast so pictures were not great but we
> did
> get ID photos. Link  below.
>
> http://smu.gs/1Kv35MY
>
>
> David  Hanson
> Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
> TOS Member
> Texas Master  Naturalist
> FeatherFest 2015 Birding Program  Leader
> dhanson139@xxxxxxx
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