Williamson's Sapsucker in mid-winter in Red Canyon Park

I drove up to Red Canyon Park yesterday morning and walked too close to a tree with this female Willamson's Sapsucker who flushed litera...

Williamson's Sapsuckers-first birds of the fall in Canon City

Williamson's Sapsuckers breed in the mountains in Colorado and most apparently migrate south with all but a few birds reported in the st...

Female Williamson's, dressed for blending in

Female Williamson's Sapsuckers are not boldly plumaged like their male counterparts. Like in many bird species, females of this species...

Sapsuckers migrating via dry washes in Colorado?

In the fall of 2010 I found and followed several Williamson's Sapsuckers drilling sap wells in a complex of siberian-type elm trees sout...

Williamson's Sapsucker-surprise in CanonCity in August

I decided yesterday to look in Lakeside Cemetery to see if any migrating landbirds might have decided to go through there since though there...

One more Williamson's Sapsucker

Double-click on this and the other sapsucker pics I posted today for super close-up views. This is another female Williamson's Sapsucker...

Wintering sapsuckers in Canon City area: Williamson's Sapsuckers

Today I found both a male and a female Williamson's Sapsucker in the town of Florence as well as 4 female and 2 male Williamson's Sa...

Wintering sapsuckers in Canon City,CO: an update

Before I was out of town for a month on my Rio Grande Valley trip there had been up to 23 sapsuckers wintering in the Canon City area. Sinc...

Sapsuckers today: total of 19 in Canon City, CO Area

I started off to just do a count of the female Williamson's Sapsuckers today as there are so many birds it seemed like it would be easie...

Williamson's Sapsuckers-feeding on elm in dry wash in p-j area

As I noted in last night's post, I saw a male and 3 female Williamson's Sapsuckers in the location just outside of Canon City where ...

Williamson's Sapsucker-shy girl

This is the third female Williamson's Sapsucker I found today in Centennial Park. She was pretty shy as she peaked around the tree or p...

Williamson's Sapsuckers-3 feeding in Centennial Park today

This morning I found 3 female Williamson's Sapsuckers in Canon City's Centennial Park today including the one in this pic. Two were...

Williamson's Sapsucker-female in Centennial Park in Canon City

This female Williamson's Sapsucker has apparently been working the pine trees in Centennial Park for the past several weeks. I have see...

Williamson's Sapsucker-female in Canon City cemetery

The Canon City, CO sapsucker-fest continues with Williamson's Sapsuckers taking the very big lead--currently at least 4 females and 2 ma...

WinterSapsuckerFest in Canon City, CO--(Another) Williamson'sSapsucker

I was able to get a little better pic, albeit a back view, of this Williamson's Sapsucker, that I have added as the top pic. Today I als...

WinterSapsuckerFest in Canon City, CO--Williamson'sSapsucker

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 g...