[Tweeters] Probable Red Breasted Sapsucker

[Blythe Horman]

Thanks, Tom.

Blythe Horman
Lynnwood, WA

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 5:54 PM Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:


> We had a FOY sphyrapicus ruber hammering on an Atlas Cedar in our yard

> this afternoon. There’s not much else that hangs on the side of a tree and

> hammers and has a completely red head.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

>

> > On Jan 14, 2024, at 16:41, Blythe Horman <blythe.horman at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> >

> > Hi Tweeters,

> >

> > I just got a peekaboo glimpse of a slim robin-sized woodpecker foraging

> about 2 feet off the ground on a tall cedar or fir (need to brush up on my

> trees) with a very distinctly red head. Unfortunately, someone walking by

> flushed it and it flew away out of my line of sight.

> >

> > Could it be anything other than a Red Breasted Sapsucker? I’ve never

> seen one foraging so close to the ground. It also seemed lighter than the

> dark phase usually seen out here.

> >

> > Walking over to the tree, I didn’t see any fresh holes, although if it

> was foraging for insects, the bark was old and full of many pits and

> crevices.

> >

> > Thank you.

> >

> > Blythe Horman

> > Lynnwood

>

>

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