drdufault has posted this pic in the gallery:
http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50963
It seems to me to be a female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, except for the lack of any red on the head. Sibley shows the juvenile (Jan-Mar) as being quite brownish so I guess this bird is on the way to adulthood. However, I know nothing of moult in this species. Is this pattern normal?
http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50963
It seems to me to be a female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, except for the lack of any red on the head. Sibley shows the juvenile (Jan-Mar) as being quite brownish so I guess this bird is on the way to adulthood. However, I know nothing of moult in this species. Is this pattern normal?
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