Re: [SBB] ... and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker...

[Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>]

Bob Reiling wrote:

> In a message dated 11/18/2006 12:31:49 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> [[email protected]] writes:
>
> > This  morning as of 10 am, the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER had not put in
> > an  appearance at Ed Levin Park in Milpitas despite a number of birders
> > hunting far and wide. Bird activity actually seemed very slow this
> > morning.
>
> I'm not sure about the initial sighting but all of the latter sightings of
> the YBSA have been from sometime after 11 AM, with the latest sightings being
> after one PM.  Mornings are not good for sighting this bird, I would say
> impossible in early morning fog (all Sapsucker activity seems to be best  viewed
> on warm afternoons.  When the sap is flowing?).

I was in fact there between about noon and 1 PM on Saturday, joining
several other birders.  The Sapsucker was in view for most of that time,
high in the tamarsisk along the road, and mostly working in one small
area.  Unfortunately, it was very difficult to get a clear view of the
bird, except for a few brief visits to a spot less concealed by the
foliage.  I can't speak for the others who were there, but for myself
I was unable to adequately view the features distinguishing Yellow-bellied
from Red-naped (although it appeared to have no Red-breasted component).

							Al Eisner

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