Sunday, April 14, 2013

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Went to Mill Creek Park again today in search of some new birds.  We had a very productive day.  When it was in the tree, I thought it was some variety of woodpecker (which I suppose technically, it is), but when I enlarged and processed the pictures, I discovered it was a Yellow Bellied Sapsucker.  This is a male specimen.

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Sapsucker looking straight at the camera

I find that the woodpecker family to be a very attractive bird.  Unfortunately, this is the only angle that I could shoot of this bird, the tail is hidden by the tree.  I found this bird along the road near the "Lily Pond".

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