<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks for the great responses. I will continue to watch for the bird and hopefully get a good view of its face. I didn’t see/hear it today although I was out in the yard most of the day.<div><br></div><div>As far as have a ‘disheveled look’, this bird appeared pretty dapper to me.</div><div><br></div><div>If the bird returns I’ll report it.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Benedict</div><div>Seahurst, WA<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 3, 2024, at 10:59, Paul Bannick <paul.bannick@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr">Yes, but keep in mind that Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are (rarely) seen here during the winter. They can be distinguished by having the red on their heads entirely bordered by black (except just behind the bill) and having more white on the back. In the fall they generally have a vary disheveled look</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 9:21 AM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Tom, Red-breasted and Red-naped Sapsuckers hybridize surprisingly freely where their ranges meet, and a wandering hybrid (Red-naped genes would be migratory) is probably a lot more likely than the southern subspecies of Red-breasted. <br>
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> On Oct 2, 2024, at 8:36 PM, Tom Benedict via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I’m reading now at <a href="https://forums.whatbird.com/index.php?/topic/15582-what-kind-of-sapsucker/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forums.whatbird.com/index.php?/topic/15582-what-kind-of-sapsucker/</a> a discussion of Sphyrapicus ruber daggetti which bears considerable resemblance to my bird. One photo at <a href="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/47538091#_ga=2.117925579.314690642.1607699442-635920480.1580272015" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/47538091#_ga=2.117925579.314690642.1607699442-635920480.1580272015</a> looks rather like mine. <br>
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> Further browsing at e<a href="http://bird.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">bird.org</a> found a few Sphyrapicus ruber which a white malar stripe, but not nearly as bold as mine. <a href="https://ebird.org/species/rebsap?__hstc=264660688.518c6b2c667ce608f25ee9acc86aba1d.1727908962038.1727908962038.1727924698023.2&__hssc=264660688.8.1727924698023&__hsfp=3134180813&_gl=1*y43xei*_gcl_au*MTAzOTE0MDcwNC4xNzI3OTA4OTYx*_ga*ODkzMTEwMzg3LjE3Mjc5MDg5NjI.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTcyNzkyNDY5Ni4yLjEuMTcyNzkyNjIyNS42MC4wLjA" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ebird.org/species/rebsap?__hstc=264660688.518c6b2c667ce608f25ee9acc86aba1d.1727908962038.1727908962038.1727924698023.2&__hssc=264660688.8.1727924698023&__hsfp=3134180813&_gl=1*y43xei*_gcl_au*MTAzOTE0MDcwNC4xNzI3OTA4OTYx*_ga*ODkzMTEwMzg3LjE3Mjc5MDg5NjI.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTcyNzkyNDY5Ni4yLjEuMTcyNzkyNjIyNS42MC4wLjA</a>.<br>
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>> On Oct 2, 2024, at 20:20, Tom Benedict via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu" target="_blank">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> This afternoon I noticed (heard) a Sapsucker in a tree in our yard. We don’t see them often but they are regular yard birds and a few of the trees, cedars, have many rows of sap ‘taps’ in them.<br>
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>> The birds are usually easy to identify, especially since here in the Puget Trough we typically only have the Red-breasted Sapsucker. Today, however, the bird looked different. The red on the head and neck was subdued and there was distinct facial patterning including bold white lines from the bill to nap. The facial markings suggested Red-naped Sapsucker, but there was definitely no red nape. I considered that it might be a juvenile, but the other markings, especially the white/black on the back and tail, were quite distinct. <br>
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>> I’ve browsed a lot of photos at Cornell Lab and All About Birds and am wondering whether it might be a hybrid.<br>
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>> I took some low quality photos with my phone but I don’t have a site to upload them to. I’d be happy to send some photos to anyone who’d like to see them.<br>
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>> Tom Benedict<br>
>> Seahurst, WA<br>
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