I returned this morning to look for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker I found yesterday at The Abbey, hoping to get a good photo as the one I thought was going to be so good (in the lcd screen on my camera) turned out to be blurry. I searched both the diverse trees north of the DOC Training Academy where I found it yesterday and the pines with no luck. I did find an adult male Williamson's Sapsucker, also working a siberian-type elm (the favorite tree for sapsuckers this fall in this area).
I then went to Lakeside Cemetery to see if the adult male Williamson's Sapsucker I found there yesterday was still around. I was delighted to find 2 adult male Williamson's and an adult male Red-naped Sapsucker engaged in chasing each other around trees and from tree to tree. I stood just outside my car where I could have 360 degree viewing but where I wasn't a disturbance so had them flying over and past me during their chases. When they settled down one of the Williamson's ate several fruit from a hackberry tree.
There were also a couple dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers there--feeding in hackberry and other trees, and feeding on the ground. Other birds mixing in included several dozen Western Bluebirds, a White-breasted Nuthatch, a couple of House Finches and several Northern Flickers--it was very active for awhile.
I have uploaded photos of the Williamson's Sapsucker I found at The Abbey and at Lakeside Cemetery (including one showing it with a hackberry fruit in it's bill) onto my Birds and Nature blog.
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @ http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/
Personal blog @ BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
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