Bad photo..Downy Woodpecker? (1 Viewer)

yardism

Well-known member

• Feb 20, 2012

• #1

Long shot, both with the camera and with the ID...

 

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Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Feb 20, 2012

• #2

I think its just a Nuttall's.

Downies are very small and much unlike Nuttall's. You'll know it when you see it.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Feb 20, 2012

• #3

It doesn't look like a Downy to me.

 

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MichavdB

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• Feb 20, 2012

• #4

Pretty sure you have a Red-naped Sapsucker. It's definitely not a Downy or Nuttal's.

 

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fugl

Well-known member

• Feb 20, 2012

• #5

Not certainly identifiable from your photo, but if I had to guess I would say Red-breasted Sapsucker (Red-naped Sapsucker would be unusual in the Bay Area).

 

yardism

Well-known member

• Feb 20, 2012

• #6

Wow. Based on the comments, sighting reports and what I saw through the binoculars-vs-images of all these species, I'm really confident in this being a red-breasted sapsucker.

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Feb 20, 2012

• #7

fugl said:

Not certainly identifiable from your photo, but if I had to guess I would say Red-breasted Sapsucker (Red-naped Sapsucker would be unusual in the Bay Area).

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That head looks an awful lot redder now you said that. :-O

 

njlarsen

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• Feb 20, 2012

• #8

And for next time: try to give us something like 800x600 pixels to view, this was an awfully small picture

Niels

 

yardism

Well-known member

• Feb 20, 2012

• #9

800x600 would have given you the bird at the same size and a whole bunch of eucalyptus trees...

 

njlarsen

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• Feb 20, 2012

• #10

yardism said:

800x600 would have given you the bird at the same size and a whole bunch of eucalyptus trees...

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OK, sometimes there are no further details ...

Niels

 

yardism

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• Feb 20, 2012

• #11

I was probably 125 yds away with a 100mm lens into a bright background. Just snapped a few on the off chance I got something identifiable.