Juvenile Sapsucker ID Question - Araphoe County

[Becky Campbell]

Cobirders,

I had a brief visit to my backyard from a juvenile sapsucker this morning.  It was working in an Ash tree and I was only able to visualize from the back (head pale brownish with whitish supercilium and malar? stripe, back buffy with irregular brown and blackish barring, some white on rump, white stripe on wing).  My question:  would this necessarily be a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker because it has retained juvenile plumage into December?  This is the first season I have had a sapsucker in the yard.  Interestingly, I had a visit from a similar or same individual on Oct 22.

Thanks,

Becky Campbell

just so. of Cherry Creek State Park 

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Arapahoe County, CO