Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

[Martha Zettel]

I have an immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker who got a drink out of my heated birdbath and is now pecking around a maple tree in my backyard. I have never seen one here in the winter time.
Martha L. Zettel
Five Points Rd, Rush

[Annie O'Reilly]

So did I in Conesus. The birds’s head is brown instead of red. and looks kind of shabby. Now , I know that what I am seeing is a yellow-bellied sapsucker!
Annie OReilly
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> On Jan 28, 2026, at 11:00 AM, Martha Zettel <mlze...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:
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> I have an immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker who got a drink out of my heated birdbath and is now pecking around a maple tree in my backyard. I have never seen one here in the winter time.

> Martha L. Zettel
> Five Points Rd, Rush
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[Martha Zettel]

Yes mine only had a tiny patch of red, mostly brown, and also looked a bit scruffy.
Martha L. Zettel

> On Jan 28, 2026, at 2:46 PM, Annie O'Reilly <ukemi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> So did I in Conesus. The birds’s head is brown instead of red. and looks kind of shabby. Now , I know that what I am seeing is a yellow-bellied sapsucker!