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 > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > >> Please consider joining our Society, at > >> www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > >> Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > >> > >> > >> You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > >> listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > >> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > >> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]