REPLY: Might it be the kind and condition of the wood in which it is
nesting?
-----Original Message-----
From: Upper Valley Birders [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Dick & Joanne Norton
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [UVB] "Rusty" woodpecker
We have both downy and hairy woodpeckers regularly at our feeder. The last
few days we have had one hairy that looks very different from any I have
seen before. All the feathers that are usually white, instead are a sort of
orangey rusty brown color. Has anyone else seen this? Sibley shows the
Pacific race of Hairy Woodpeckers with this coloration, but that hardly
seems likely. Can diet affect the color of woodpecker feathers?
Joanne Norton
Kendal at Hanover
"Rusty" woodpecker
****************************************************************
To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask]
Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages.
To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask]
----------------------------------------------------------------
Web based archives and subscription management are available at:
http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html
****************************************************************
****************************************************************
To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask]
Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages.
To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask]
----------------------------------------------------------------
Web based archives and subscription management are available at:
http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html
****************************************************************
