<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks, Lori.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The yellow on the crown looked a lot more solid and larger than the patches in the photos of the juvenile Hairys. But who knows. There’s so much variation. The color was definitely yellow, not gold or orange.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> I should ask the Pileated on my suet feeder right now if he got a good look. 😁</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> thanks again!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> Brian<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 30, 2024, at 1:51 PM, LMarkoff <<a href="mailto:canyoneagle@mycci.net" class="">canyoneagle@mycci.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">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:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/juvenile-hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-600w-475962328.jpg" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/juvenile-hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-600w-475962328.jpg</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><a href="https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-close-up-juvenile-green-background-76571715.jpg" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/hairy-woodpecker-picoides-villosus-close-up-juvenile-green-background-76571715.jpg</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/4b/7a/5b4b7a5f9efc2afe4854135bc121e3b4.jpg" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/4b/7a/5b4b7a5f9efc2afe4854135bc121e3b4.jpg</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Perhaps that is what you saw? Just a thought, best wishes,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Lori Markoff<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Citrus Heights, CA<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">tweeters-bounces@mailman11.u.washington.edu</a>> On Behalf Of Brian Huntoon via Tweeters<br class="">Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2024 12:37 PM<br class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a><br class="">Subject: [Tweeters] Anyone seen Woodpecker w/Yellow Head: Amer 3-Toed or Black-backed?</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Hi Tweeters,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Has any one seen a Black-backed Woodpecker or American Three-toed Woodpecker recently?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Any thoughts on what they likely were?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> thanks!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""> Brian Huntoon<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">_______________________________________________<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Tweeters mailing list<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><a href="mailto:Tweeters@u.washington.edu" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;" class="">Tweeters@u.washington.edu</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><a href="http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;" class="">http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters</span></a></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>