From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Feb 11 15:07:02 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1BN4HGn021494 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:04:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m22.mx.aol.com (imo-m22.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.3]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j1BN3IAf021441 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:03:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id t.198.38746a6d (15889) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:03:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from aol.com (mow-d13.webmail.aol.com [205.188.139.129]) by air-id08.mx.aol.com (v104.18) with ESMTP id MAILINID84-3e11420d39ac1a3; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:03:08 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:03:08 -0500 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 X-AOL-IP: 143.254.79.74 X-AOL-Language: english Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [SBB] sapsucker at Cunningham X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Hi All! I was at Lake Cunningham at 9:45 this morning and saw an unusual woodpecker on the first pine tree on the left as you drive into parking lot C on the north side of the park. Here's what I noticed: The back was black and white, like a Nuttall's, but the head was light brown.  The top of the breast was dark black.  At first when I saw the head, and the dark breast, I thought it was an immature flicker, but the body was definitely black with white bars, not brownish or beige-ish.   I couldn't see the belly clearly, but it appeared tinged yellow-ish on the parts I could see.  The bill was long, and the bird was large for a woodpecker.  (Smaller than a flicker, larger than a Nuttall's.)   The bird was climbing slowly up the tree pecking at spots, and was halfway up the biggest trunk. When I came back at lunch, there was no sign of the bird, perhaps the loud lunch barbecue at the picnic area kept her at bay. When I returned after school at 2:00 the bird was not in the same tree, but over by the restroom, there is a pine tree covered with sapsucker holes. As I walked around the back side of the tree, there was the bird RIGHT in front of my face, and she was completely unconcerned. From 5 feet, and a nice side view, I could clearly see light yellow feathers on the belly with a very dark black breast. The flanks and sides were black barred with white (horizontally) but they were lighter than the back feathers. There were also black/greyish cheek (malar?) feathers on her brown head. This bird continued feeding not 5 feet from my face for about 15 minutes. Then I zipped home to post this! After I got this second very close view of the bird, I feel quite confident calling it a female Williamson's Sapsucker. I hope someone else will confirm this siting (or knock it down..lol) Take care and have fun! Kim Blythe Santa Clara _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]