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 > > >> > > >> ______________________________________________________________________ > > >> > > >> 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] > -- David Lumpkin ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. 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