Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Steve Rottenborn
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Location

Panoche Rd near Cottonwood Rd.
San Benito, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 36.6934745, -121.2224579
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Male, likely adult (no juvenile feathers, even on black breast patch where they are often retained longest). Chin and throat completely red, with broad, even black frames that were unbroken by red feathering. Broader white supercilium and white moustachial stripe, and narrower black auricular patch, than on typical Red-naped Sapsuckers. Nape seen well, completely lacking any pink or red feathering. Pale markings on back consisted of fairly extensive, dingy yellow-buff, narrow bars rather than paler/brighter, longer markings arranged in two rows as on a RNSA. This bird was initially flushed from a peppertree along Panoche Road. It then flew to a telephone pole, then to a willow along the creek, but it eventually returned to the same peppertree.

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens
EF500mm f/4L IS II USM
ISO
400
Focal length
500 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/5.0
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
904 pixels x 599 pixels
Original file size
279.91 KB