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Feather ID? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Yerbua
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Joern Lehmhus
Well-known member
VA is Virginia? We are not all US-Americans 
It is a primary, but from pattern it can not be Downy woodpecker , the primaries of that species , and also of Hairy woodpecker have a distinct spotting (downy woodpecker primaries on right in this link:
yellowbelied sapsucker would also have this spotting in the primaries,
it is typical for many woodpeckers
Northern mockingbird has white at the base of its primaries, but not this pattern....
still thinking....
It is a primary, but from pattern it can not be Downy woodpecker , the primaries of that species , and also of Hairy woodpecker have a distinct spotting (downy woodpecker primaries on right in this link:
yellowbelied sapsucker would also have this spotting in the primaries,
it is typical for many woodpeckers
Northern mockingbird has white at the base of its primaries, but not this pattern....
still thinking....
AStevenson1
Member
Outer primary of a red-bellied woodpecker potentially fits.
Joern Lehmhus
Well-known member
Melanerpes carolinus seems a perfect fit indeed
