[SBB] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Ed Levin

[Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]>]

All,

Cricket and I made a late morning trip up to Ed Levin to search for the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. Michael Pollack joined us there for the search, and within a short time we were all able to see the bird as it foraged in the tamarisk trees uphill from the Spring Valley entrance. [If you are driving up Calaveras Road from Milpitas, don't make the same mistake Cricket and I did-- continue past the first entrance (on the left) which leads to Sandy Wool Lake, and keep to the right heading up hill on the main road. Shortly, on the right there is a lot and the small Spring Valley Pond. We parked here and soon located the bluish, feathery tamarisk trees along the main road just uphill from the entrance to the lot.] As mentioned by others, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS are also present in the area, and both species tended to sit still and forage quietly. The Yellow-bellied showed a very pronounced facial pattern of black and white with red throat and crown. We also noticed distinct dirty yellowish on the sides of the breast, and black on the upper breast. Beautiful bird!

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

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