Hope that this report is not "too casual" for you all, but we have had an American three-toed woodpecker at our suet feeder and on a maple tree nearby today. The feeder is out the window, within 10 feet of our dining-room table, so we can see it clearly. What we see is the following. Slightly larger than a Hairy. Head slightly larger. A Yellow stripe on the front of the top of the head (beginning behind the beak and above the eye and extending towards the top).
It has also been on a maple tree about 20 feet away from the feeder, moving about a bit on the trunk and branches and making a cry unlike those of the hairy and downy that I have heard: short and "chippy", with a timbre that is bright and brisk, but the "base" tone is lower than the hairy and downy. Marty and Susie Hatch Snyder Hill Road, opposite Besemer Hill Road Subject: Re: American Three-toed Woodpecker Sighting? From: John and Sue Gregoire <k...@empacc.net<mailto:k...@empacc.net>> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 14:29:04 -0500 X-Message-Number: 10 That would be exceedingly amazing for this area. Never say never but that report is entirely too casual to be believed. -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" On Sat, March 8, 2014 14:25, David Weber wrote: Can anyone validate this sighting, or is it just another misidentification? http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17357540 Good birding, David -- *David Jonas WeberCornell University, Class of 2016Natural Resources, Applied Ecology* -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: American Three-toed Woodpecker Sighting? From: Rob Blye <rwb...@comcast.net<mailto:rwb...@comcast.net>> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 21:10:04 +0000 X-Message-Number: 12 The species has been changed to hairy woodpecker which is much more likely. Rob Blye East Coventry Township Chester County, Pennsylvania ----- Original Message ----- From: "John and Sue Gregoire" <k...@empacc.net<mailto:k...@empacc.net>> To: "David Weber" <weberbird...@gmail.com<mailto:weberbird...@gmail.com>> Cc: "Cayugabirds-L" <cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu>> Sent: Saturday, March 8, 2014 2:29:04 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] American Three-toed Woodpecker Sighting? That would be exceedingly amazing for this area. Never say never but that report is entirely too casual to be believed. -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
