unreal to think about the “recent” sapsucker winter parade in Boise, seemingly a phenom over the last few years!?
Larry
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From: “Cliff and Lisa Weisse cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com [ible]”
To: “Carl Lundblad”
Cc: “IBLE To Post”
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 3:56:36 PM
Subject: Re: [IBLE] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise
The white supercilium is also very narrow, consistent with Red-naped and not as wide as I’d expect on Yellow-bellied. Based on the photos I’m not sure there’s a reason to suspect this isn’t a pure Red-naped???
Cliff
On 12/15/2017 02:41 PM, Carl Lundblad carl.lundblad@gmail.com [ible] wrote:
I’m a little rusty on sapsuckers, but the additional photos help rule out a pure yellow-bellied because, in addition to the extensive red on the nape, the white/creamy barring on the back is arranged into 2 neat rows divided by a distinct black stripe, whereas a yellow-bellied would show broader white (or golden) barring all the way down the back, not strongly arranged in 2 narrow and separate rows.
The better-lit photos from RL (is it definitely the same individual?) make me wonder if we can even rule out a pure red-naped. Jason’s original photo looked like the bird has a thick and complete black border all the way around the red throat patch, but on RL’s photos you can see that there is extensive bleeding of red into the black border, such that it no longer looks particularly complete.
Interesting bird and a great find for CBC week (and hopefully refound tomorrow), regardless.
Carl Lundblad,
Moscow, ID
On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Jason Talbot jason.talbot1@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com > wrote:
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Attached are a couple more photos from RLOn Friday, December 15, 2017, 1:42:41 PM MST, Jason Talbot jason.talbot1@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com > wrote:
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I found a possible YBSA at Morris Hill Cemetery today. Attached is a poor photo. I called RL and he took some better photos. We can’t rule out hybrid right now. I’ll send better photos later. I wanted to send this out in case you wanted to see it today in case it is a YBSA.Section M in big pine behind section M and P signs directly west of yellow building at entrance.
The biggest thing for me was the thicker black line all the way around the red throat. It had more red on the nape than I’d like but it’s a lighter red (pinkish). It also had yellow surrounding black bib. The rear crown feathers were raised to form a crest when I first saw it. I realize there is variability between RNSA & YBSA in everything I mentioned but I’ll send out better photos for better input. I’m not sure what to look for in hybrids.
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com