Looks like adult male Hairy Woodpecker. Yellowish areas are more extensive than birds I have seen in the Pacific Northwest, whose breasts were buff or beige. But here the non-white areas appear more extensive, and different in color - so perhaps indicative of staining on an otherwise typical eastern bird, rather than a visitor from parts west. After seeing the recent western race Fox Sparrow in Central Park, I am reminded that we should always be on the lookout for extralimital subspecies as well. Thanks for posting the interesting question.
Doug Kurz _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LARRY FEDERMAN Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 9:22 PM To: Susan Herbst; EBIRDS; li birding; NYS Birds Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Juvenile Hairy Woodpecker Also, in the same paragraph in Cornell's BNA Online, "A Hairy Woodpecker in New York that had white areas replaced by brown (LaFrance <http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/702/articles/species/702/biblio/bi b135> 1983) might have been stained, although genetically brown-breasted individuals are characteristic of some Central American and Pacific Northwest populations. Again, I referenced: Jackson, Jerome A., Henri R. Ouellet and Bette J. Jackson. 2002. Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/702doi:10.2173/bna.702 <http://dx.doi.org/10.2173/bna.702> Best, Larry Larry Federman Education Coordinator Audubon New York Rheinstrom Hill, Buttercup Farm, RamsHorn-Livingston Audubon Centers and Sanctuaries ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan <mailto:[email protected]> Herbst To: EBIRDS <mailto:[email protected]> ; li birding <mailto:[email protected]> ; NYS <mailto:[email protected]> Birds Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 7:25 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Juvenile Hairy Woodpecker Hi All - sitting here in NH, watching birds in a friend's backyard We've come a cross this bird: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34769...@n00/4653832097/ Someone's initial response was YB sapsucker - but I'm thinking no - no red on face or chin or black "necklace." It is oddly yellow. The picture is not lying or off color. I can't find anthing that looks like this anywhere. Your help is appreciated. Thank you Sue Susan Herbst graphic design/illustration/photography 516-633-7730 [email protected] www.susieart60.etsy.com www.facebook.com/MermaidSuesStudio -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
