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...

Female Sapsucker-what about her face?

The Birdfellow website has some discussion about the differences in sapsucker facial markings and this is posted by Dave Irons: "Gener...

Female sapsucker--focus on her upperparts

The pattern of barring on the upperparts of sapsuckers is also important in distinguishing Red-naped from Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. As not...

Female Sapsucker-what about the nape?

In the previous photos of the female sapsucker the nape area was not in view and this is an important area as we know for separating Red-nap...

Close-up shot of female sapsucker

So now using a very long telephoto lens plus some cropping you get a very close-up view of the head and neck of this female sapsucker. Some...

Think that separating Yellow-bellied from Red-naped Sapsuckers is a piece of cake?

Both photos are of the same sapsucker just taken with different cameras on the same day. I took the photos from my car that was parked about...