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immature yellow-bellied sapsucker

  1. The poor kid

    The poor kid

    Dad's been chasing him around all week
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  2. About time

    About time

    Usually the male and female show up with an immature. Hadn't seen one for the last couple of weeks and then it appeared.. Seems to be a young male hiding from dad. And where else but he Muscadine Vine
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  3. Junior or Junioress

    Junior or Junioress

    I'm fairly certain this is a young male that came along with the other two but I can't get a good bead on its throat.
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: North America
  4. Hiding from Dad

    Hiding from Dad

    This occurs every year for the last 11 years I've been keeping track. Mom & Dad arrive with one or two immatures. The male is always chasing the immatures away and the Female then goes after the Male.
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 25
    • Category: North America
  5. Looks like it's gonna be....

    Looks like it's gonna be....

    ... A Woodie week me thinks ;)
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  6. Still on watch

    Still on watch

    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: North America
  7. In hiding

    In hiding

    In past years the Female was always around to protect the Immature from the adult male. No sign of a female this year and the adult male is unending in his chasing of this immature.
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: North America
  8. Actually....

    Actually....

    ....it's showing its yellow belly
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 27
    • Category: North America
  9. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    Usually, well in the last 9 years, the adult male arrives first followed by a female and an immature. This year, no sign of any females but this immature showed up.
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: North America
  10. You would think....

    You would think....

    ..my parents would get me down here before the berries dry up.
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  11. If I close my eyes.......

    If I close my eyes.......

    ..... Dad won't see me.
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 25
    • Category: North America
  12. Getting weirder

    Getting weirder

    Now here is the other juvie/immature. Not once in the 7 years I've been here, has more than one juvie/immature arrived with the adults. From another pose of this bird, I do believe it is a female but not 100% sure. Now, I also want to clear up the use of my manual focus. I've had this...
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 25
    • Category: North America
  13. Aha!!

    Aha!!

    Now I know why momma Sapsucker has been so belligerent when it came to guarding the feeders. She introduced the little missey yesterday ;)
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature yellow-bellied sapsucker
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
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