First of the fall Williamson's Sapsucker in Canon City

Last year I found the first Williamsons Sapsuckers (both a male and a female) in Canon City in mid-October. In 2012 I found both a Williamso...

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...

Williamson's Sapsuckers

It has taken a while but I have located 4 male and 2 female Williamson's Sapsuckers continuing to winter in Canon City, CO. This one is...

Another male Williamson's Sapsucker, at The Abbey

I birded The Abbey in Canon City this morning hoping to refind a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker I found there yesterday but no luck. However, I f...

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...

Male Williamson's Sapsucker, why are you here?

This is one of the two male Williamson's Sapsuckers. I didn't see any sapsuckers this morning, but the cemetery employees were mowi...

Williamson'sSapsucker--yet another male in Canon City

Another day, another sapsucker--I found this new male Williamson's Sapsucker in a private yard in Canon City today. It is working some ...

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-bright yellow belly

This is one of the male Williamson's Sapsuckers I found in Lakeside Cemetery today. I just love how yellow the bellies are on this spec...

More Williamson's Sapsuckers--two males in Canon City,CO

I had spotted a female Williamson's Sapsucker at Lakeside Cemetery in Canon City, CO last week. This is another location where sapsucke...

Male Williamson's Sapsucker-video clip 'shy bird hides after bell goes off'

This clip gives good views of the Williamson's Sapsucker as he probes sap wells he evidently drilled previously. It also illustrates how...

Male Williamson's Sapsucker-video clip 'back view and stretching'

This very short video clip gives a view of the Williamson's Sapsucker from the back. Unfortunately he was on the shady side of the tree...

Male Williamson's Sapsucker-video clip 'probing sap wells

In this video clip the Williamson's Sapsucker probes sap wells it previously drilled-something I learned from watching this sapsucker fo...

Male Williamson's Sapsucker-video clip 'drilling sap wells'

This is a video clip of a Williamson's Sapsucker drilling sap wells in a non-native elm (siberian or chinese type) tree. I found this ...