Red-naped Sapsucker

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/648...
here is the red breasted, On territory shared with Acorn wood peckers( granary visible),nutalls,downeys,etc

Thanks Jemma. Do you have a spotting of the Red-breasted?

this is a great catch.parent and child.

I saw the Red Breasted recently.
Sap suckers are so vibrant in color. Very shy. Luckily i captured it in a Rangers backyard on the mountain. The oak tree in a backyard seems a host to all the wood pecker species. it was a pleasant surprise for me to see various wood peckers living side by side ,going on with their chores.

Thanks LandmarkExpert! I am going back to that spot this summer to see if I can observe these ones again!

gorgeous. woodpeckers are awesome

Thanks Phillip. I love these birds.

Great find birdlady! Awesome close up.

Thanks, Satyen! I am so busy with my work that I do not have time to go on Noah right now. I have many spottings to post from this year. Maybe in January when all the shoppers are staying home! We have a store so very busy now!

Lovely series!

Thanks, it makes me want summer again already!

Great series Kathleen!

Thanks, Ashish!

Lovely capture...

Yes, isn't it?

Lovely creature

Great info. You are so thorough with your facts! impressive! Thanks for sharing!

Yes, that is usually the case but not with Red-naped Sapsuckers. They both have red in the same places, except that the female usually has a variable amount of white patch right under the beak and then the red throat. Some females have just patchy red with some whitish feathers in it, like this one. Could be either in this case!

birdlady,usually in wood peckers,the ones with the red are the males. this very well could be a male.

Yes, I decided she was a harried mother racing around getting food for her young. Could be the male though!

wow that's just lovely. beautiful bird :)

Thanks! they are a very interesting bird to watch and I love their churring vocalization.

love these.