Canon City, CO has hosted wintering sapsuckers every year for the past 7 years when I found the first one, also a Williamson's, on the grounds of the Abbey (a former monastery and Catholic boarding school with a large campus that has hundreds of trees of diverse species).
I found the female Williamson's Sapsucker in these photos a week ago in the same location on the Abbey grounds as most of the sapsuckers that have previously wintered in Canon City. Williamson's Sapsuckers generally migrate south to winter in New Mexico and down into Mexico.
I included the bottom pic because it shows some of the underside of this sapsucker including a small amount of the pretty lemon yellow belly that distinguishes this species. Also the black breast band found on adult female Williamson's. More sapsuckers in following posts. SeEtta
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