Yellow-bellied, Red-naped and Williamson's Sapsuckers & Greater White-fronted Geese in Canon City

[SeEttaM .]

Today (Sunday) I found 2 male Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 1 male Red-naped Sapsucker and 2 female Williamson's Sapsuckers around Canon City.  Usually sapsuckers can be found earlier in the fall in Canon City but not this year.  Given the late date I expect these sapsuckers are not migrating but are here to over winter.  Every winter 2-3 of these sapsucker species overwinter in Canon City where the temperatures do not generally get far below zero so the sapsuckers are able to drill into trees for food.  I have uploaded pics of the Red-naped Sapsucker to my Birds and Nature blog but will have to wait until tomorrow to upload pics of the other sapsuckers.

I also saw several distant Greater White-fronted Geese with a large flock of Canada Geese in the agricultural fields off of MacKenzie Ave.  I saw them for the first time yesterday and again today but still too distant to get photos.

SeEtta Moss

Canon City

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