Williamson Sapsucker morning, Larimer Co.

[Jim Nelson]

As I went out on the deck of our vacation home in Estes Park this lovely Thursday morning, I spotted a juvenile female Williamson's Sapsucker checking out several small ponderosa pines. Later, as I took my morning walk to bird and buy today's newspaper, I saw another juvenile female Williamson's Sapsucker on Mary's Lake Road between Lower Broadview and "Just" Broadview" and a female Williamson's flying with another Williamson's that I was not able to identify (probably another juvenile female) on Riverside Drive between Prospect Park Drive and the Manor RV Park. It was quite a surprise to see so many in one day. I also saw a female or immature Black-chinned or Ruby-throated Hummingbird along Lower Broadview west of Mary's Lake Road.


Jim Nelson
Bethesda, Maryland