Thanks, Paul!  Very helpful information. I would still be interested in
hearing from any others who have seen the yellow-bellied sapsucker this
January. Please say where you are located, too.
Lyn
Granville


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Paul Gardner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> While yellow-bellied sapsuckers are migratory, some linger in
> Hi Lyn,
>
> While yellow-bellied sapsuckers are migratory, some linger in central Ohio
> through the winter. I took a quick look at the results of the Columbus
> Christmas Bird Count for the last 12 years. The low count for sapsuckers
> was three in 2004 and the high count was 21 in 2010. The median number
> found was eight, so seeing a couple is hardly surprising. Nonetheless,
> finding one in the dead of winter does seem a treat.
>
> A handy resource for answering this sort of occurrence question is the
> Ohio Bird Records Committee Checklist of the Birds of Ohio. It has bar
> graphs denoting the relative abundance of species throughout the year, so
> it gives a much finer resolution than the very coarse range maps you find
> in field guides. You can download the checklist from the Ohio
> Ornithological Societies website <www.ohiobirds.org>. It denotes the
> yellow-bellied sapsucker as "rare" in early January.
>
>
> Happy birding,
> Paul
>
>
> Paul Gardner
> Columbus, OH
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Lyn Boone <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 8:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
>
>
> So that's two other sapsucker reports for the current cold week... can
> anyone enlighten me, is this as unusual as it seems to me, or are there
> many other sightings right now that people just haven't mentioned?
> Lyn
> Granville
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Jessica Lowery <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > We saw a sapsucker too this week. I was also surprised...
> > -j-
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Lyn Boone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> My sharp-eyed husband has noted a male yellow-bellied sapsucker at our
> >> suet
> >> feeder today here in Granville. The sighting is not the first time in
> our
> >> yard, but it IS the first time in January! Looking at the range maps, I
> >> had
> >> not realized this bird ever winters this far north -- I thought it went
> to
> >> the deep south.
> >> Lyn Boone
> >> Granville
> >>
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