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

[LMarkoff via Tweeters]

Juvenile male Hairy Woodpeckers have a patch on their crown that can range from yellow to orange to red.  Here are some examples of some with the color leaning towards yellow:

 

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/juvenile-hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-600w-475962328.jpg

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-close-up-juvenile-green-background-76571715.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/4b/7a/5b4b7a5f9efc2afe4854135bc121e3b4.jpg

 

Perhaps that is what you saw?  Just a thought, best wishes,

 

Lori Markoff

Citrus Heights, CA

 

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From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Brian Huntoon via Tweeters
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 12:37 PM
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Subject: [Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed?

 

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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