Nice day to be out birding.

Denise Hughes

I’d point out that molt progression of the cap matches
Yellow-bellied. Red-napeds molt in the red feathers from front to
back of the cap while Yellow-bellieds molt those feathers more
randomly. Also the base color of the cap, paler tannish brown with
darker streaking rather than more solidly dark brown fits
Yellow-bellied.

Cool bird.

Cliff

A
heads up re: the KA Park (Boise) sapsucker seen earlier this
week (during the tanager frenzy 😁) … Jared Peck and Kathryn
Keith are the ones who’ve posted pics so far (that I know of):

ebird.org/checklist/S154530788

ebird.org/checklist/S154525861

Though
it was reported as a Red-naped (the most likely species here so
a sensible assumption), since it’s so slow to get into formative
(adult-like) plumage, it looks more like a
Yellow-bellied (immatures known to molt more slowly in their
first fall – retaining juvenile plumage for much longer than
Red-naped).  The paler tones in the crown (best seen in
Kathryn’s list) is also a good fit for Yellow-bellied, and the
hint of the black border on the throat might point that way as
well.

Jared
mentioned seeing it fly S – in the direction of Morris Hill
cemetery (a known winter sapsucker hotspot) so it’s worth
keeping an eye out in that area.

Jay

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Island Park, Idaho
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