Hi Lyn (and others),

I happen to have found an female yellow-bellied sapsucker just this
afternoon. It was near the entrance of the Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin, OH.


On 8 January 2014 13:43, Lyn Boone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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