Bardiac-
OMG I didn’t know there really was a bird called a yellow bellied sapsucker! I though that was just some insult people threw at each other. Now I’m even more excited about my woodpecker and I hope she comes back. (I assume a she – no red head… ?)
eggy
It looks like a juvenile, from the pictures I’ve seen. There’s a great website associated with the Cornell University ornithology program, so I’m dropping in a link to the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker there. They have a picture of a juvenile. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-bellied_Sapsucker/id
🙂 Beautiful bird! It’s hard to tell from the map there, but it may be migrating through.
If you like woodpeckers, you might be able to attract more to your yard by putting up a suet feeder. I don’t think Sapsuckers go for them, but maybe? Other woodpeckers do around here, but urban areas might have fewer around?
COOLNESS! (Juvenile Yellow Bellied Sapsucker?)
Bardiac-
OMG I didn’t know there really was a bird called a yellow bellied sapsucker! I though that was just some insult people threw at each other. Now I’m even more excited about my woodpecker and I hope she comes back. (I assume a she – no red head… ?)
eggy
It looks like a juvenile, from the pictures I’ve seen. There’s a great website associated with the Cornell University ornithology program, so I’m dropping in a link to the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker there. They have a picture of a juvenile. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-bellied_Sapsucker/id
🙂 Beautiful bird! It’s hard to tell from the map there, but it may be migrating through.
Bardiac – You are right – it must be a juvenile. From the looks of the tree, he’d been there a while before I found him.
Guess he’s moved on to warmer climes.
Thanks for the feedback
Peggy
If you like woodpeckers, you might be able to attract more to your yard by putting up a suet feeder. I don’t think Sapsuckers go for them, but maybe? Other woodpeckers do around here, but urban areas might have fewer around?