[Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed?

Brian Huntoon via Tweeters tweeters at u.washington.edu
Thu May 30 12:37:16 PDT 2024


Hi Tweeters,

Has any one seen a Black-backed Woodpecker or American Three-toed Woodpecker recently?

I live in Bothell, and get a wide variety of woodpeckers on my Suet feeder, as there are bunch of old snags near my deck that the woodpeckers like.

For a short time the other day there were two woodpeckers with yellow crowns hanging onto the side of a bird feeder on my deck. They were on the other side, with just their heads showing, so I couldn’t see if they had white barring on their backs or other ID details.

They stayed for a while, but just watched the Downys and Hairys come and go, but never flew over to the suet feeder and used it themselves. They were about 9” long, similar in size to the Hairy Woodpeckers on the suet feeder.

Any thoughts on what they likely were?

thanks!

Brian Huntoon


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